Patent ID: 6976672
Filing Date: 2005-12-20
Classification: B42C,B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet feeding device comprising: a plurality of sheet trays which are vertically disposed for storing sheets horizontally; a plurality of sheet feeding means for respectively feeding sheets stored in the plurality of sheet trays; a plurality of transport paths for respectively transporting the sheets fed by the plurality of sheet feeding means, a primary transport path into which the plurality of transport paths flow, wherein a sheet feeding direction of sheets fed from one of the plurality of sheet trays by one of the plurality of sheet feeding means is a direction opposite to a sheet feeding direction of sheets fed from the other sheet trays by the other sheet feeding means, a sheet transport direction of the sheet which is transported from one of said plurality of transport paths into said primary transport path at an interflow position and a sheet transport direction of the sheet which is transported from the other transport paths into said primary transport path at an interflow position are the same, wherein one of said plurality of sheet trays and one of said plurality of sheet transport paths are disposed above said primary transport path, and wherein the other of sheet tray and the other transport path are disposed below said primary transport path.