Patent ID: 9586772
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B65H

Claim:
1. A sheet feeder comprising: a tray configured to load a sheet to be fed thereon, wherein the tray includes: a tray upper face on which the sheet is placed; and a pair of cursors configured to be contact with side edges of the sheet placed on the tray upper face to align the sheet in a width direction of the sheet orthogonal to a feeding direction of the sheet, the tray upper face having: a recessed portion extending along the width direction on an upstream side from the pair of cursors in the feeding direction; a guide plate configured to cover an upper side of the recessed portion, constituting a part of the tray and configured to load a sheet to be fed; and a feeding route formed between the recessed portion and the guide plate and extending from an inlet port positioned on an upstream side to an outlet port positioned on a downstream side along the feeding direction, wherein the sheet in a state of being passed through the feeding route is aligned with the pair of cursors on the tray upper face and then fed.