| 发明名称 | Auto document feeder and image forming apparatus | ||
| 摘要 | An auto document feeder includes a movable document table on which documents are stacked, a pickup roller that feeds a topmost document among the documents on the movable document table to a feed position via a feed opening, and a shielding member that is arranged on the upstream side of the pickup roller and above the topmost document, and that shields the feed opening. At least an end portion of the shielding member on the document table side is made of a flexible member. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US9238559(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2016.01.19 |
| 申请号 | US201414185965 | 申请日期 | 2014.02.21 |
| 申请人 | Ricoh Company, Limited | 发明人 | Akai Takeshi;Kitaoka Shinya;Sakano Koki;Heishi Fumiyuki |
| 分类号 | B65H3/52;B65H3/06;G03G15/00;B65H1/14;G10K11/16 | 主分类号 | B65H3/52 |
| 代理机构 | Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. | 代理人 | Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. |
| 主权项 | 1. An auto document feeder comprising: a document stacker on which documents are stacked; a pickup roller that feeds a topmost document among the documents on the document stacker to a feed position via a feed opening; and a shielding member that is arranged on an upstream side of the pickup roller in a document conveying direction and above the topmost document, and that shields the feed opening, wherein: the shielding member includes a shielding main body and a front end, which is separate from the shielding main body, the front end, made of a flexible member, is attached to an end portion of the shielding main body on a document stacker side, portions of the shielding member other than the front end portion are integrated with an upper cover arranged on a top surface of a main body of the auto document feeder, and the upper cover is opened and closed relative to the main body of the auto document feeder to expose a feed path. | ||
| 地址 | Tokyo JP | ||