Patent ID: 11971677
Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 1:
2. The sheet feeder according to claim 1,
further comprising a storage device,
wherein the control device allows the storage device to store the respective travel distances of the pair of side plates from the respective reference positions, and
when the size of the sheet loaded on the sheet rack is changed, the control device reads the travel distances of the pair of side plates from the storage device; controls the widthwise drive device to move the pair of side plates away from each other by the read travel distances to position the pair of side plates at the respective reference positions; controls the widthwise drive device to move the pair of side plates toward each other; stop, when the pair of side plates abut against both the ends of the sheet based on the detected outputs of the pair of end detecting devices, the pair of side plates at both the ends of the sheet; determines the respective travel distances of the pair of side plates moved by the widthwise drive device; and determines the size of the sheet based on the travel distances of the pair of side plates.