Patent ID: 7407158
Filing Date: 2008-08-05
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet feeding device, comprising: an inlet section, adapted to receive at least one sheet medium; a sheet feeding roller, having an outer circumferential face which includes a flat portion and a curved portion; a first pivotable member, comprising an extended member extended from a free end portion thereof toward a downstream side in a sheet feeding direction; a second pivotable member disposed upstream in the sheet feeding direction of the first pivotable member, so as to oppose the outer circumferential face of the sheet feeding roller through the inlet section, so that the sheet medium is elastically pressed against the outer circumferential face of the sheet feeding roller, the second pivotable member having a cam follower engaged with a cam interlocked with the sheet feeding roller; and a control mechanism including the cam interlocked with the sheet feeding roller operable to pivot the second pivotable member so as to be away from the sheet feeding roller when the flat portion of the sheet feeding roller opposes the second pivotable member through the inlet section.