JP2004001999A - Paper support, paper feeding device, and recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent multiple feeding of papers by preventing a bundle of set papers from falling down backwards in a paper feeding device. <P>SOLUTION: This paper feeding device 1 comprises a paper feeding roller 3, a separating action part 7, a paper return lever 9, a hopper 11, and a paper support 13. The hopper 11 is swung to bring a bundle of set papers P into pressure contact with the paper feeding roller 3. By rotating the paper feeding roller 3, the paper P at an uppermost position is fed. The paper support 13 supporting the paper P is installed at a top of the hopper 11. A paper supporting face 13a formed by the paper support 13 is projected on a front side of the device from a paper supporting face 11a formed by the hopper 11, so as to prevent the bundle of the set papers P from falling down backwards. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a paper support (recording material support) for supporting a printing paper (recording material) in an inclined posture in a paper feeding device or a feeding device capable of setting a recording material such as a plurality of printing papers in an inclined posture. ) And a paper feeding device (feeding device) provided with the paper support (recording material support). The present invention also relates to a recording device provided with the sheet feeding device (feeding device).
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art As one of recording apparatuses, there is an ink jet printer. In this printer, a plurality of printing sheets (hereinafter, referred to as “sheets”) as recording materials are set in an inclined posture in a sheet feeding device provided at the rear of the apparatus. In addition, a configuration is widely used in which a sheet is fed to a recording unit positioned in front of the apparatus by the sheet feeding apparatus, and the sheet on which recording has been performed is discharged from the front of the apparatus. Hereinafter, a paper feeding device provided in such a printer will be described as an example.
[0003]
FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of a conventional paper feeding apparatus of this type (for example, Patent Document 1) showing main components thereof. FIG. (B) shows the setting state of the paper P. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram (operation transition diagram) for explaining the sheet feeding operation.
In FIG. 5, a sheet feeding device 500 feeds the topmost sheet P of a plurality of sheets P set in an inclined posture one by one to a downstream side, and has a substantially D-shaped sheet feeding roller 501 in side view. A hopper 502 that presses the top end sheet P against the paper feed roller 501 by pressing the leading end portions of a plurality of sheets of paper P set in an inclined posture toward the paper feed roller 501; A separation pad 503 that is disposed at an opposing position and functions as a separation action unit that separates the paper P to be fed from the next or subsequent paper P by squeezing the paper P between the paper feed roller 501 and the paper P. And a paper support 504 that is provided above the hopper 502 and forms a paper support surface that supports the paper P in an inclined posture together with the hopper 502. In some cases, a retard roller is provided as a separation action portion instead of the separation pad.
[0004]
In the sheet feeding device 500 configured as described above, when the sheet feeding operation is started, the hopper 502 is separated from the sheet feeding roller 501 as shown in FIG. Next, the rotation of the paper feed roller 501 starts, and in a state where the arc portion of the paper feed roller 501 and the separation pad 503 are in contact with each other (FIG. 6B), the hopper 502 is pivoted at the fulcrum 502b (see FIG. 5). , And press the uppermost sheet of paper P against the paper feed roller 501 (FIG. 6C). When the paper feed roller 501 is further rotated from this state, the uppermost sheet P as shown in FIG. _f Is to be fed.
[0005]
Incidentally, as the sheet P, various kinds of sheets such as an OHP sheet are used. Here, when the sheet P is a slippery sheet (for example, an OHP sheet), if the sheet P is set in an inclined posture, the set sheet P easily slides down by its own weight, thereby causing a so-called avalanche phenomenon. As a result, there is a possibility that the paper P may enter the space between the paper feed roller 501 and the separation pad 503 and be fed twice. Therefore, in the paper feeding device 500 according to the related art, as shown in FIG. 5A, the paper support surface 504a formed by the paper support 504 has a gentler inclination angle than the paper support surface 502a formed by the hopper 502. As a result, the load of the paper P is more borne on the paper support surface 504a, and the load applied to the leading end of the paper P is reduced, thereby preventing the above-described problem (the virtual line in FIG. 5B). And a sheet P indicated by a symbol P ′). Note that, in FIG. 5A, the symbol T indicates an extension of the sheet supporting surface 502 a (substantially flat surface) formed by the hopper 502.
[0006]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-2002-37460
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
On the other hand, in recent years, ink jet printers that achieve image quality comparable to silver halide photographs have become popular, and thick glossy paper has been frequently used as high-quality paper. However, even if a plurality of such thick glossy papers are set in the paper feeding device 500 shown in FIG. 5A, the rigidity of the papers causes the set paper bundle to be not sufficiently curved, In some cases, the paper support 504 may not be sufficiently supported by the paper support surface 504a formed by the paper support 504. Further, even when there is a curl in the width direction of the sheet P, such a sheet P does not bend in the length direction, so that a similar state may occur.
[0008]
In such a case, if the length of the sheet P is longer than the length of the hopper 502 and the center of gravity (substantially the center) of the sheet P is located above the upper end of the hopper 502, The bundle falls backward as shown by the solid line in FIG. 5B, so that the uppermost sheet of the sheet P is in contact with the sheet feeding roller 501 at the lower end. In such a state, the normal sheet feeding operation shown in FIGS. 6A to 6D cannot be performed. That is, the rotation of the sheet feeding roller 501 starts and the sheet P is sent to the downstream side. Along with this, a situation may occur in which the paper P after the next paper is also multi-fed.
[0009]
Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object thereof is to prevent a sheet bundle or a recording material bundle set in a sheet feeding device or a feeding device from falling backward, An object of the present invention is to prevent double feeding of paper or a recording material.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, a paper support according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a paper feed roller that feeds the topmost one of a plurality of recording materials stacked in an inclined posture one by one; By pressing the rear surface of the lowermost end of the recording material in the inclined posture toward the paper feed roller, the upper surface of the uppermost end of the recording material is pressed against the paper feed roller. A hopper that supports the back surface on the leading end side of the recording material, and is provided at a position facing the paper feed roller, and presses the recording material between the hopper and the paper feed roller, so that the topmost of the deposited recording material And a separating action portion for separating the recording material from the next or subsequent recording material, the recording material supporting surface being provided above the hopper in the sheet feeding device, and supporting the recording material in an inclined posture together with the hopper. With paper support forming Thus, the surface of the recording material support surface formed by the paper support projects forward from an extension of the surface formed by the hopper when the recording material feeding path is viewed sideways. It is characterized by the following.
[0011]
The recording material is supported in an inclined position by a recording material support surface formed by a hopper and a paper support provided on the hopper. According to the first aspect of the present invention, the recording material support surface is provided. In (2), the surface formed by the paper support projects forward (toward the paper feeder) from an extension of the surface formed by the hopper when the feed path of the recording material is viewed sideways. However, the recording material supported by the recording material support surface does not fall backward, and the leading end of the set recording material is inadvertently inadvertently caused by the bundle of set recording materials falling backward. Problems such as contact with the paper feed roller can be prevented.
[0012]
Further, a recording material support according to a second aspect of the present invention includes a feeding roller for feeding a top one of a plurality of sheet-shaped recording materials stacked in an inclined posture one by one; By pressing the rear surface of the lowermost end of the recording material having the inclined posture toward the feed roller, the upper surface of the uppermost end of the recording material is pressed against the feed roller. A hopper that supports the rear surface on the leading end side of the material, and is provided at a position facing the feed roller, and by nipping the recording material between the feed roller and the uppermost one of the stacked recording materials. Forming a recording material support surface provided at an upper portion of the hopper in the feeding device, the recording material supporting surface supporting the recording material in an inclined posture together with the hopper. Recording material support That the surface formed by the recording material support on the recording material support surface projects forward from an extension of the surface formed by the hopper when the recording material feeding path is viewed sideways. It is a feature.
[0013]
A sheet feeder according to a third aspect of the present invention includes a sheet feed roller that feeds the topmost one of a plurality of recording materials stacked in an inclined position one by one, and a recording material in the inclined position. By pressing the front-side rear surface of the lowermost one toward the paper feed roller, the upper surface of the front-end side of the uppermost one is pressed against the paper feed roller. A supporting hopper is provided at a position facing the paper feed roller, and the recording material is sandwiched between the paper feed roller and the uppermost one of the stacked recording materials. And a separation action portion for separating the recording material from the recording material, wherein a paper support for forming a recording material supporting surface that supports the recording material in an inclined posture together with the hopper is provided on the upper portion of the hopper. The recording material support surface, The plane formed by over par support is characterized in that it projects forward side from an extended line of the plane formed by the hopper and the side view of the feed path of the recording material.
[0014]
According to the third aspect, in the paper feeding device, the recording material support surface formed by the paper support is formed of the recording material support surface formed by the hopper as viewed from the side of the recording material feeding path. Since the recording material protrudes forward from the extension line, the recording material supported by the recording material supporting surface does not fall rearward as in the first embodiment described above. It is possible to prevent a problem that the leading end of the set recording material is inadvertently brought into contact with the paper feed roller due to the bundle of materials falling backward.
[0015]
The paper feeder according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the paper feeder according to the third aspect, further comprising, near the lower end of the hopper, a paper return lever for performing a paper return operation of pushing the leading end of the recording material upstream. A return lever is configured to execute the paper return operation during a paper supply operation of the recording material by the paper supply roller.
[0016]
During the feeding operation of the recording material, the separation action portion prevents double feed of the next and subsequent recording materials, but as a result, the leading end of the next and subsequent recording materials is separated by the separation action portion. In some cases, a paper return lever is provided near the lower end of the hopper in order to return such a recording material subsequent to the next position to the upstream side. In general, the paper feed operation by the paper feed roller ends and the paper return operation by the paper return lever is performed.
[0017]
On the other hand, if the recording material support surface formed by the paper support is located on the front side of the recording material support surface formed by the hopper, the load of the recording material is likely to be applied to the leading end of the recording material. Therefore, a so-called avalanche phenomenon in which the recording material slides down by its own weight is likely to occur. Therefore, the invention according to the fourth aspect of the present invention is configured such that the paper return operation by the paper return lever is performed during the operation of feeding the recording material by the paper feed roller. Therefore, by performing such an early paper return operation, even when the paper support is configured as described above, double feeding of the recording material can be effectively prevented.
[0018]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a feeding device configured to feed a top one of a plurality of recording materials stacked in an inclined posture one by one, and a recording material having the inclined posture. By pressing the front-side rear surface of the lowermost one toward the feed roller, the upper surface of the top end of the uppermost one is pressed against the feed roller. A supporting hopper, which is provided at a position opposed to the feed roller, and squeezes the recording material between the feed roller, so that the uppermost one of the deposited recording materials is moved to the next and subsequent positions. A recording material support for forming a recording material supporting surface for supporting the recording material in an inclined posture together with the hopper on an upper portion of the hopper. Is provided on the recording material supporting surface. The plane formed by the recording material support, characterized in that it projects forward side from an extended line of the plane formed by the hopper and the side view of the feed path of the recording material.
[0019]
The feeding device according to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect, further comprises a return lever for performing an operation of pushing back the leading end of the recording material to the upstream side near the lower end of the hopper, Is configured to execute the push-back operation during the feeding operation of the recording material by the feeding roller.
[0020]
A recording apparatus according to a seventh aspect of the present invention is a recording apparatus including a recording unit for performing recording on a recording material, wherein the sheet feeding device according to the third aspect or the fourth aspect, or the fifth aspect. The feeding device according to the aspect or the sixth aspect is provided upstream of the recording unit.
According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the recording apparatus that performs recording on the recording material is the paper feeding device according to the third aspect or the fourth aspect, or the feeding apparatus according to the fifth aspect or the sixth aspect. The same operation and effect as the invention of the device can be obtained.
[0021]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 1 is a schematic side sectional view of an ink jet printer 100 as an example of a recording apparatus, FIGS. 2 and 3 are schematic side sectional views of a sheet feeding device 1 as a feeding device, and FIGS. d) is an explanatory diagram (operation transition diagram) showing a state near the sheet feeding roller 3 which is an example of a feeding roller during a sheet feeding or sheet feeding operation.
[0022]
First, the paper transport path of the printer 100 will be described with reference to FIG. Hereinafter, the right side of FIG. 1 (rear side of the printer 100) is referred to as “upstream side”, and the left side of FIG. 1 (front side of the printer 100) is referred to as downstream side. In the following description, the recording material is assumed to be a sheet, but it goes without saying that the recording material other than the sheet is also included. The printer 100 includes a paper feeding device 1 described later on the upstream side, and the paper feeding device 1 starts with the topmost one of a plurality of sheets P set in the paper feeding device 1 in an inclined posture one by one. Feed downstream.
[0023]
A sheet guide 15 made of a plate-like body is provided substantially horizontally downstream of the sheet feeder 1, and the leading end of the sheet P fed out by the sheet feed roller 3 abuts the sheet guide 15 at an angle, and smoothly moves downstream. Will be guided to. Downstream from the paper guide 15, a transport roller 17 including a transport drive roller 17a that is rotationally driven and a transport driven roller 17b that is in pressure contact with the transport drive roller 17a is provided. The sheet is nipped by the conveyance driven roller 17b and is conveyed downstream at a pitch corresponding to printing.
[0024]
The transport driven roller 17b is rotatably supported on the downstream side of the transport driven roller holder 21, and the transport driven roller holder 21 is rotatable clockwise and counterclockwise in FIG. The transport driven roller 17b is always urged by a torsion coil spring (not shown) in a direction (counterclockwise in FIG. 1) in which the transport driven roller 17b is constantly pressed against the transport drive roller 17a. The transport drive roller 17a is formed of a shaft body that is long in the axial direction, and a plurality of transport driven rollers 17b and a plurality of transport driven roller holders 21 are provided in the axial direction of the transport drive roller 17a.
[0025]
Next, a paper detector 19 having a sensor main body 19b and a detection lever 19a, which detects the passage of the paper P, is provided near the conveyance driven roller holder 21 located closest to the 0th digit side (the front side of the paper surface of FIG. 1). It is arranged. The detection lever 19a has a substantially U-shape in a side view, and is provided so as to be rotatable clockwise and counterclockwise in FIG. 1 around a rotation shaft 19c near the center thereof. The sensor main body 19b located above the detection lever 19a includes a light emitting unit (not shown) and a light receiving unit (not shown) for receiving light from the light emitting unit, and the upper side from the rotation axis 19c of the detection lever 19a. By the rotation operation, the light from the light emitting unit to the light receiving unit is blocked and passed. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, when the detection lever 19a rotates so as to be pushed upward along with the passage of the paper P, the upper side of the detection lever 19a is disengaged from the sensor main body 19b, whereby the light receiving unit is in a light receiving state. Thus, the passage of the sheet P is detected.
[0026]
Subsequently, a platen 27 and an ink jet recording head 25 are disposed so as to face up and down downstream of the conveyance driving roller 17a, and the sheet P conveyed below the ink jet recording head 25 by the conveyance roller 17 is placed on the platen 27. Supported from below by The ink jet recording head 25 is provided on a carriage 23 on which the ink cartridge 31 is mounted, and the carriage 23 reciprocates in the main scanning direction while being guided by a carriage guide shaft 33 extending in the main scanning direction (a direction perpendicular to the paper surface of FIG. 1). I do.
[0027]
Next, downstream from the ink jet recording head 25 is a paper discharge unit of the printer 100, which includes a paper discharge drive roller 29a that is driven to rotate and a paper discharge driven roller 29b that can rotate freely. A roller 29 is provided. Accordingly, the paper P on which printing has been performed by the ink jet recording head 25 is rotated in a state in which the paper P is nipped by the paper discharge drive roller 29a and the paper discharge driven roller 29b, and the paper P is discharged in the paper discharge direction (see FIG. (In the direction of arrow 1).
[0028]
The configuration of the paper transport path of the inkjet printer 100 has been described above. Hereinafter, the paper feeding device 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 2, the paper feeder 1 includes a paper feed roller 3, a separation pad 7 as a separation action section, a paper return lever 9, a hopper 11, and a paper support 13. In addition, a known retard roller having a rubber material and a torque limiter as basic elements can be used for the separation action portion instead of the separation pad.
[0029]
The paper feed roller 3, which is rotated and driven by a drive motor (not shown), has a substantially D-shape in side view, and includes a roller body 3a and a rubber material 3b wound around the outer periphery of the roller body 3a. ing. The paper feed roller 3 feeds the paper P by the arc portion, and passes the paper P by the flat portion, so that the transport load is not applied during the transport operation by the downstream transport roller 17 (FIG. 1). ing.
[0030]
The hopper 11 is made of a plate-like body, is provided in an inclined posture as shown in the figure, and is provided so as to be able to swing clockwise and counterclockwise in FIG. ing. The lower end portion is pressed against and separated from the paper feed roller 3 by being oscillated by a driving unit (not shown). Therefore, when the hopper 11 swings in the pressure contact direction with respect to the paper feed roller 3, the bundle of sheets P deposited on the hopper 11 comes into pressure contact with the paper feed roller 3, and the paper feed roller 3 is pressed in the pressed state. By rotating, the uppermost one of the stacked sheets P is fed downstream. The pad 11c provided at the lower end of the hopper 11 is made of a high-friction member, and the sheet bundle set on the hopper 11 during the sheet feeding operation is placed on the hopper 11 so that the sheet bundle does not move to the downstream side. To hold.
[0031]
The separation pad 7 is made of a high friction member, and is provided at a position facing the paper feed roller 3. When the paper feed roller 3 rotates, the arc portion of the paper feed roller 3 and the separation pad 7 come into pressure contact with each other to form a pressure contact portion. The uppermost sheet P fed out by the arc portion of the sheet feeding roller 3 passes through the pressure contact portion and proceeds to the downstream side. The subsequent sheet P is prevented from proceeding downstream by the pressure contact portion, thereby preventing the sheet P from being double-fed.
[0032]
The paper return lever 9 has a lever shape, is disposed near the lower end of the hopper 11, and is provided so as to be rotatable clockwise and counterclockwise in FIG. 2 around a rotation fulcrum 9a by a driving mechanism (not shown). I have. Here, the function of the paper return lever 9 will be described with reference to FIG. 4. Before the start of the paper feeding operation shown in FIG. 4A, the paper return lever 9 is in a state of rising toward the upstream side. Thus, the feeding of the sheet P is stopped.
[0033]
Next, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), at the same time as the paper feeding operation is started, the paper return lever 9 is tilted to the downstream side, whereby the paper P can be fed. Next, as shown in the transition from FIG. 4B to FIG. 4C, the hopper 11 swings and the bundle of sheets P comes into pressure contact with the sheet feeding roller 3 to feed the uppermost sheet P. Starts, and when the leading end of the uppermost sheet P advances downstream from the leading end of the paper return lever 9 in the retracted state, the paper return lever 9 immediately moves toward the upstream side again as shown in FIG. As a result, the paper P after the next highest paper P is pushed back to the upstream side.
[0034]
Next, returning to FIG. 2, a paper support 13 is provided above the hopper 11. The paper support 13 forms a paper support surface 13a that supports the paper P in an inclined posture, and has a function of supporting the paper P in an inclined posture together with the paper support surface 11a formed by the hopper 11 as illustrated. Hereinafter, the paper support 13 as a recording material support will be described in more detail.
[0035]
As shown in the drawing, the paper support 13 has a paper support surface 13 a that is located in front of the paper feeder 1 with respect to an extension line T of the paper support surface 11 a (substantially flat surface) formed by the hopper 11 when viewing the feeding path. It is provided so as to project to the side (the left side in FIG. 2). In other words, the paper support surface formed by the paper support surface 11a and the paper support surface 13a has a substantially "-" shape when the feed path is viewed from the side, and the paper P supported by the paper support surface is formed. Is low in rigidity, the paper P is set in a curved state that is gently convex downward. On the other hand, when the paper P has high rigidity, the lower end of the paper P comes into contact with the hopper 11 and is separated from the paper feed roller 3 as shown in FIG. Is set in a substantially linear state so as to be in contact with the upper portion of the sheet supporting surface 13a.
[0036]
Here, if the sheet supporting surface 13a is disposed on the rear side (right side in FIG. 2) of the sheet feeding device 1 with respect to the extension line T, contrary to the present invention, the set sheet P When the rigidity of P is low, it is curved rearward and is supported in a state in which it is in close contact with the paper support surface 11a and the paper support surface 13a. However, when the rigidity of the paper P is high, the paper P does not bend backward, so that the length of the paper P is longer than the length of the hopper 11 and the position of the center of gravity is higher than the upper end of the hopper 11. When it is above, the bundle of sheets P falls to the rear side, whereby the leading end of the bundle of sheets P separates from the hopper 11 even though the hopper 11 is separated from the paper feed roller 3, and It comes into contact with the paper feed roller 3. Then, as a result, the normal sheet feeding operation as shown in FIG. 4 cannot be performed. That is, before the paper return operation by the paper return lever 9 described with reference to FIG. 4, the paper P following the paper P to be fed is double-fed, and the paper P by the paper return lever 9 is fed. A problem that the return cannot be performed occurs.
[0037]
However, since the paper support 13 has its paper support surface 13a protruding forward from the extension line T of the paper support surface 13a formed by the hopper 11, the rigidity of the paper P is high as shown in FIG. Even when the rear end side of P does not curve backward, the bundle of sheets P does not fall rearward, so that in the sheet feeding device 1 according to the present embodiment, Failures can be prevented.
[0038]
The configuration of the paper support (recording material support) 13 that can obtain such effects is not limited as long as the bundle of the set paper P is configured not to fall backward. It does not matter.
Further, in the paper feeding device 1 according to the present embodiment, the paper support surface 13a formed by the paper support 13 is located forward of the extension line T of the paper support surface 11a formed by the hopper 11 as described above. The load of the sheet of paper P is concentrated on the leading end of the sheet of paper P, so that the so-called avalanche phenomenon easily causes the double feeding of the sheet of paper P. As described with reference to FIG. Since the paper return operation is performed shortly after the top end of the uppermost paper P to be fed has passed through the paper return lever 9, even if the paper support surface 13a is formed as described above, the multi-feed of the paper P is performed. Can be effectively prevented.
[0039]
As described above, according to the present invention, the surface formed by the paper support on the recording material support surface is an extension of the surface formed by the hopper when the recording material feeding path is viewed sideways. The recording material supported by the recording material support surface does not fall rearward because it protrudes forward from the line (front side of the sheet feeding device), and the bundle of the set recording materials is set. Can be prevented from inadvertently contacting the sheet feed roller with the leading end of the set recording material due to the sheet falling backward.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic side sectional view of an ink jet printer according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic side sectional view of a sheet feeding device according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a schematic side sectional view of a sheet feeding device according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a state near a sheet feeding roller during a sheet feeding operation in the sheet feeding device according to the present invention, and FIGS.
FIGS. 5A and 5B are schematic side sectional views of a sheet feeding device according to the related art.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a state near a sheet feeding roller during a sheet feeding operation in a sheet feeding device according to the related art, and (a) to (d) show operation transitions.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 paper feeding device (feeding device), 3 paper feeding roller (feeding roller),
7 Separation pad (or retard roller), 9 Paper return lever
11 hopper, 13 paper support, 100 inkjet printer

Claims (7)

A sheet feeding roller for feeding the topmost one of the plurality of recording materials stacked in an inclined posture one by one;
By pressing the rear surface of the lowermost end of the recording material having the inclined posture toward the paper feed roller, the upper surface of the uppermost end of the recording material is pressed against the paper feed roller. A hopper supporting the back side of the recording material on the front end side,
The recording material is provided at a position opposed to the paper feeding roller, and the recording material is sandwiched between the paper feeding roller and the recording material separated from the next highest recording material. A separating action part,
A paper support provided on the upper part of the hopper in the paper feeding device having a recording material supporting surface that supports the recording material in an inclined posture together with the hopper,
A surface formed by the paper support on the recording material support surface projects forward from an extension of a surface formed by the hopper when the recording material feeding path is viewed sideways. And paper support. A feed roller that feeds the topmost one of the sheet-shaped recording materials stacked in a plurality of inclined positions one by one;
By pressing the rear surface of the lowermost end of the recording material having the inclined posture toward the feed roller, the upper surface of the uppermost end of the recording material is pressed against the feed roller. A hopper supporting the back side of the recording material on the front end side,
The recording material is provided at a position opposed to the feeding roller, and the recording material is sandwiched between the feeding roller and the recording material. A separating action part,
A recording material support provided at an upper portion of the hopper in a feeding device having a recording material support surface for supporting the recording material in an inclined posture together with the hopper,
A surface of the recording material support surface formed by the recording material support projects forward from an extension of a surface formed by the hopper when the recording material feeding path is viewed sideways. Recording material support characterized by the following. A sheet feeding roller for feeding the topmost one of the plurality of recording materials stacked in an inclined posture one by one;
By pressing the rear surface of the lowermost end of the recording material having the inclined posture toward the paper feed roller, the upper surface of the uppermost end of the recording material is pressed against the paper feed roller. A hopper supporting the back side of the recording material on the front end side,
The recording material is provided at a position opposed to the paper feeding roller, and the recording material is sandwiched between the paper feeding roller and the recording material separated from the next highest recording material. A separating action part,
A paper feeder comprising:
On the upper part of the hopper, a paper support is provided that forms a recording material support surface that supports the recording material in an inclined posture together with the hopper,
A surface formed by the paper support on the recording material support surface projects forward from an extension of a surface formed by the hopper when the recording material feeding path is viewed sideways. Paper feeder. 4. The paper return lever according to claim 3, further comprising a paper return lever near the lower end of the hopper, the paper return lever performing an operation of pushing back the leading end of the recording material to the upstream side.
The sheet feeding device, wherein the sheet returning lever is configured to execute the sheet returning operation during the sheet feeding operation of the recording material by the sheet feeding roller. A feeding roller for feeding the topmost one of a plurality of recording materials stacked in an inclined posture one by one;
By pressing the rear surface of the lowermost end of the recording material having the inclined posture toward the feed roller, the upper surface of the uppermost end of the recording material is pressed against the feed roller. A hopper supporting the back side of the recording material on the front end side,
The recording material is provided at a position opposed to the feeding roller, and the recording material is sandwiched between the feeding roller and the recording material. A separating action part,
A feeding device comprising:
A recording material support that forms a recording material support surface that supports the recording material in an inclined posture together with the hopper is provided on an upper portion of the hopper,
A surface of the recording material support surface formed by the recording material support projects forward from an extension of a surface formed by the hopper when the recording material feeding path is viewed sideways. A feeding device characterized by the above-mentioned. 6. A return lever according to claim 5, further comprising a return lever near the lower end of the hopper, the return lever performing an operation of pushing the leading end of the recording material back to the upstream side.
The feeding device, wherein the return lever is configured to execute the push-back operation during the feeding operation of the recording material by the feeding roller. A recording apparatus comprising a recording unit for performing recording on a recording material, wherein the sheet feeding device according to claim 3 or the feeding device according to claim 5 or 6 is provided upstream of the recording unit. A recording device, comprising:

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