Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus

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EP 2 014 588 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	22.09.2010 Bulletin 2010/38

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	14.01.2009 Bulletin 2009/03

(21)	Application number: 08252358.0

(22)	Date of filing: 10.07.2008

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B65H 1/04^(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

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Priority:

13.07.2007 JP 2007184621

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

(72)	Inventor:
	Masanobu Yamagata c/o Ricoh Company, Ltd Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)

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

(54)	Sheet feeder and image forming apparatus

(57) A sheet feeder (2) including a first tray (10) arranged to be provided at a paper feeding mouth of the main body (1) of an image forming apparatus, a second tray (20) to support a rear portion of a long sheet (50), the second tray (20) adapted to be positioned above the first tray (10), a guiding member (30) to guide the long sheet (50) at setting or sheet feeding, the guiding member (30) adapted to be positioned above the second tray (20) while facing an outside of the main body (1) of the image forming apparatus.

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