Sheet material feeding device and image forming apparatus

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PATENT NO 9896284
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15486066

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A sheet material feeding device includes: a housing; a cassette configured to accommodate a sheet material therein and capable of being pulled out of the housing; a pushing-up plate which is on the cassette and configured to fluctuate and a position thereof is changed to a feeding position or a retracted position; a rear-end regulating member for regulating a position of an upstream end of the sheet material; a rear-end displacement member which is supported by the rear-end regulating member and configured to fluctuate and a position thereof is changed to a feeding position or a retracted position; a pushing-up plate displacing device configured to change the position of the pushing-up plate to the feeding position; and a rear-end displacement member displacing device configured to complete a position change of the rear-end displacement member to the feeding position before a position change of the pushing-up plate to the feeding position.

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KONICA MINOLTA INCTOKYO JAPAN TOKYO METROPOLIS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Doshida, Yuki Toyokawa, JP 6 22
Tanimoto, Junichi Toyokawa, JP 19 168
Yang, Shuan Kariya, JP 8 30

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