Patent ID: 9114644
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet feeder comprising: a sheet supply roller configured to supply a sheet to a sheet feeding path; a sheet feed roller configured to feed the sheet supplied to the sheet feeding path by the sheet supply roller to a downstream side in a sheet feeding direction in which the sheet is fed; a discharge roller configured to discharge the sheet fed by the feed roller to a downstream side in the sheet feeding direction; a drive motor configured to drive a first shaft for rotating the feed roller; a first transmitting mechanism configured to transmit a rotation of the first shaft to a second shaft for rotating the discharge roller, the first transmitting mechanism connecting an end portion of the first shaft and an end portion of the second shaft that are located at one of opposite sides of the sheet feeding path in a width direction; and a second transmitting mechanism configured to transmit a rotation of the second shaft to a third shaft for rotating the sheet supply roller, the second transmitting mechanism connecting an end portion of the second shaft and an end portion of the third shaft that are located at the other of the opposite sides of the sheet feeding path in the width direction, wherein the first shaft, the second shaft, and the third shaft extend in a width direction orthogonal to the sheet feeding direction.