Patent ID: 6056286
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A cut-sheet feeder in which sheets are fed in a sheet feeding direction comprising:a sheet stacking section for stacking at least one sheet; andan extendible guide for supporting the at least one sheet at a back surface of the sheet, the extendible guide being disposed at an upstream side of the sheet stacking section in the sheet feeding direction, the extendible guide comprising a supporting surface, the supporting surface including a central section and a side section along a width direction of the supporting surface, the central section being lower than the side section, the surface of the extendible guide supporting the at least one sheet so that the at least one sheet is curved in the width direction of the at least one sheet,wherein the extendible guide includes a sub-guide member, disposed along the upstream side of the sheet stacking section in the sheet feeding direction, the sub-guide member being arranged to be received inside the sheet stacking section,wherein the sub-guide member of the extendible guide includes the side section of the supporting surface of the extendible guide,wherein the sub-guide member of the extendible guide includes a bottom portion that forms part of the central section of the supporting surface of the extendible guide.