US 12,240,722 B2
Feeding device and image forming apparatus
Hiroaki Fujikura, Kanagawa (JP); Yoshiyuki Kitazawa, Kanagawa (JP); and Yohei Onoue, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/949,699.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-052246 (JP), filed on Mar. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0303347 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 3/08 (2006.01); B65H 7/14 (2006.01); B65H 7/16 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 3/08 (2013.01) [B65H 7/14 (2013.01); B65H 7/16 (2013.01); B65H 2511/22 (2013.01); B65H 2553/42 (2013.01); B65H 2801/03 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A feeding device comprising:
a supply that supplies air into space between a plurality of media loaded to float the media;
a feeder that adsorbs the media floated by the supply and feeds the media;
a separator that supplies air to a second medium disposed immediately below a first medium adsorbed by the feeder to separate the second medium from the first medium;
a restrictor that restricts movement of the second medium downstream in a feed direction;
a detector that detects a height of the second medium relative to a height of the restrictor after air is supplied by the separator; and
a processor configured to modify a condition related to a feeding operation of the feeder based a position detected by the detector.