发明名称 Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus
摘要 A sheet feeder having: a base portion configured to support thereon a stack of sheets piled on top of another; a blower configured to blow air to the stack of sheets supported on the base portion so as to float one or more sheets in an uppermost portion of the stack of sheets; a suction/feed system located above the base portion, the suction/feed system configured to suck the sheet floated by the blower and to feed the sheet in a predetermined feeding direction; a photographic device configured to take a picture of the one or more sheets floated by the blower; and an illuminating device configured to emit light to the one or more sheets floated by the blower a plurality of times during one exposure process carried out by the photographic device.
申请公布号 US9340384(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.05.17
申请号 US201514832789 申请日期 2015.08.21
申请人 KONICA MINOLTA, INC. 发明人 Yabuki Shinichi;Yoshikawa Shoichi;Shimoyama Atsuhiko;Oomoto Noboru;Oshima Ryo
分类号 G03G15/00;B65H7/16;B65H5/00;B65H3/08;B65H7/14;B65H3/14;B65H5/22 主分类号 G03G15/00
代理机构 Holtz, Holtz & Volek PC 代理人 Holtz, Holtz & Volek PC
主权项 1. A sheet feeder comprising: a base portion configured to support thereon a stack of sheets piled on top of another; a blower configured to blow air to the stack of sheets supported on the base portion so as to float one or more sheets in an uppermost portion of the stack of sheets; a suction/feed system located above the base portion, the suction/feed system configured to suck the sheet floated by the blower and to feed the sheet in a predetermined feeding direction; a photographic device configured to take a picture of the one or more sheets floated by the blower; and an illuminating device configured to emit light to the one or more sheets floated by the blower a plurality of times during one exposure process carried out by the photographic device.
地址 Tokyo JP