(19)
(11) EP 2 119 652 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.01.2011 Bulletin 2011/03

(43) Date of publication A2:
18.11.2009 Bulletin 2009/47

(21) Application number: 08251843.2

(22) Date of filing: 28.05.2008
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B65H 3/60(2006.01)
 B65H 3/48(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA MK RS

(30) Priority: 28.05.2007 JP 2007141019
04.09.2007 JP 2007228546
04.09.2007 JP 2007228547
04.09.2007 JP 2007228548
22.01.2008 JP 2008012053
22.01.2008 JP 2008012054

(71) Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Fukumoto, Takashi
    Shibata-gun Miyagi-Pref. 989-1695 (JP)
  • Fuda, Munhisa
    Shibata-gun Miyagi-Pref. 989-1695 (JP)

(74) Representative: Leeming, John Gerard 
J.A. Kemp & Co. 14 South Square Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5JJ
London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

   


(54) Recording-medium feeding device


(57) A recording-medium feeding device feeds a recording medium by separating loaded recording media sheet by sheet. An air outlet (118) blows air to the recording media from a lateral side with respect to a direction of feeding the recording-medium. The air outlet (118) is formed cross a recording-medium feeding plane, such that an upper edge in an upstream of the recording-medium feeding direction is higher than an upper edge in a downstream of the recording-medium feeding direction.







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