Patents Examined by Mark A. Demble
  • Paper feed device and an image forming apparatus having the paper feed device
    Patent number: 6349932
    Abstract: A paper feed device includes paper feed rollers to feed a sheet of paper. A paper loading device is loaded with at least a sheet of paper and lifts the loaded sheet of paper toward the paper feed rollers. A pressure differences decreasing device is mounted on the paper loading device and decreases differences of pressures among a plurality of positions where the paper feed rollers contact the sheet of paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobutaka Suzuki