Patent ID: 7681879
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet feeder, comprising: a sheet accommodating portion including a bottom plate and a plurality of side plates provided perpendicular to the bottom plate, and being capable of accommodating a plurality of sheets, the accommodated sheets being successively fed to the outside from the uppermost one; an elevating plate provided to stack the sheets in the sheet accommodating portion and movable upward and downward, the elevating plate having opposite first and second sides extending substantially parallel to a sheet feeding direction; and an inclining mechanism including first and second support members disposed respectively on the first and second sides of the elevating plate for pivotally supporting the elevating plate and inclining the elevating plate such that the front ends of the sheets are inclined downward in a sheet feeding direction during sheet feeding, the first and second support members positioned rearward of a center of gravity of the elevated plane with respect to the sheet feeding direction, wherein the first and second support members provide the only pivotal support of the elevating plate and being disposed so that the elevating plate is inclined downward by a weight of the stacked sheets.