Patent ID: 8439355
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet feeder comprising: a sheet tray configured to support one or more sheets stacked thereon in a slanted state relative to a horizontal direction; a feed roller disposed to face a lower end of a top one of the one or more sheets stacked on the sheet tray, the feed roller being configured to rotate to feed the one or more sheets; a supporter entirely spaced apart from the feed roller in an axial direction of the feed roller and movably disposed to only translate, relative to the feed roller, under the sheet tray, the supporter being configured to support, on an upper surface thereof, lower ends of the one or more sheets stacked on the sheet tray; and a displacement mechanism configured to displace the supporter farther from the feed roller depending on a pressure applied by the feed roller to the one or more sheets when the feed roller is rotating around a rotational center axis of the feed roller.