Image forming apparatus and image forming method
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming part;
a sheet container that contains sheets fed to the image forming part in a stacked state;
a feed roller that feeds the sheet from the sheet container;
a separation member in press-contact with the teed roller that separates the sheet at a contact point formed between the feed roller and the separation member; and
a press-contact force reducing unit that reduces a press contact force of the separation member to the feed roller while maintaining an approximately constant sheet separating force with the separation member.
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming part; a sheet container that contains sheets fed to the image forming part in a stacked state; a feed roller that feeds the sheet from the sheet container; a separation member in press-contact with the feed roller that separates the sheet at a contact point formed between the feed roller and the separation member; and a press-contact force reducing unit that reduces a press contact force of the separation member to the feed roller while maintaining an approximately constant sheet separating force with the separation member.
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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an image forming part; a sheet container that contains sheets fed to the image forming part in a stacked state; a feed roller that feeds the sheet from the sheet container; a separation member in press-contact with the teed roller that separates the sheet at a contact point formed between the feed roller and the separation member; and a press-contact force reducing unit that reduces a press contact force of the separation member to the feed roller while maintaining an approximately constant sheet separating force with the separation member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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forming means for forming an image; containing means for containing sheets fed to the forming means in a stacked state; feed means for feeding the sheet from the containing means; separation means in press-contact with the feed means for separating the sheet at a contact point formed between the feed means and the separation means; and press-contact force reducing means for reducing a press contact force of the separation means to the feed means while maintaining an approximately constant sheet separating force with the separation means.
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10. An image forming method comprising:
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containing sheets in a stacked state; feeding the sheet to an image forming part by a feed roller; separating the sheet at a contact point formed between the feed roller and a separation member in press-contact with the feed roller; and reducing a press contact force of the separation member to the feed roller while maintaining an approximately constant sheet separating force with the separation member.
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