Paper feeder and image forming apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10745223
APP PUB NO 20160137438A1
SERIAL NO

14926613

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A paper feeder includes: first and second accommodation units which are arranged side by side in a casing along a recording paper conveyance direction and in which recording paper is loaded in a specified accommodation orientation; and an erroneous loading detection unit which is provided in a non-loaded region between the first and second accommodation units, detects whether or not the recording paper is loaded, and detects recording paper accommodated in an orientation other than the specified accommodation orientation, wherein the paper feeder can shift a bundle of the recording paper loaded in the second accommodation unit to the first accommodation unit arranged on a downstream side of the recording paper conveyance direction.

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KONICA MINOLTA INC2-7-2 MARUNOUCHI CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 100-7015

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Naoi, Shinya Toyokawa, JP 12 25
Nukumi, Hideyuki Aichi, JP 8 37

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