Patent ID: 9266691
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: B65H

Claim Text:
1. A paper feed apparatus that feeds a paper placed in a paper placing tray, comprising: a pickup roller that is provided movably between a standby position and an operation position and sends-out a paper placed in the paper placing tray; a pickup holder that is provided movably between the standby position and the operation position and holds the pickup roller rotatably; a first regulating portion that regulates a movement of a first width paper placed in the paper placing tray in a feeding direction, in the vicinity of a downstream side of a feeding position by the pickup roller in a paper feeding direction and outside a second width paper passage area in a direction orthogonally intersecting the paper feeding direction; and a second regulating portion that regulates a movement of a second width paper placed in the paper placing tray and having a smaller width than the first width paper in a feeding direction, in the vicinity of the downstream side of the feeding position by the pickup roller in the paper feeding direction and inside the second width paper passage area in the direction orthogonally intersecting the paper feeding direction, and the first regulating portion and the second regulating portion are arranged at one side in an axial direction of the pickup roller, and the first regulating portion is arranged out of a width of the pickup holder in the direction orthogonally intersecting the paper feeding direction, and the second regulating portion is arranged within the width of the pickup holder in the direction orthogonally intersecting the paper feeding direction.