| US 7,364,154 B2 | ||
| Sheet feeding device | ||
| Takeshi Ichikawa, Nagano-ken (Japan); Toru Tanjo, Nagano-ken (Japan); and Kazunori Koido, Nagano-ken (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 18, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/334,800. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-009937 (JP), filed on Jan. 18, 2005; application No. 2005-120454 (JP), filed on Apr. 19, 2005; and application No. 2005-120455 (JP), filed on Apr. 19, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0180997 A1, Aug. 17, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B65H 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 271—162 [271/170] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A sheet feeding device, comprising:
a cassette chamber, having a slot;
a cassette member, adapted to accommodate a sheet medium therein, and to be withdrawably inserted into the cassette chamber
through the slot in a first direction;
a pair of claw members, provided in the cassette member and adapted to cover at least a part of a top face of the sheet medium;
a sheet feeding roller, adapted to feed the sheet medium to an image forming apparatus in a second direction perpendicular
to the first direction, and disposed such that a part of the sheet feeding roller is capable of entering the cassette chamber;
and
slope faces, formed on both sides of the part of the sheet feeding roller relative to the first direction, and inclined in
a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, wherein
one of the claw members which is located farther from the slot is formed with a piece member extending in the first direction
while being inclined in the third direction.
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