Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 送纸装置和成像装置
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Application No.: US13569400Application Date: 2012-08-08
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Publication No.: US08684346B2Publication Date: 2014-04-01
- Inventor: Yoshitaka Yamazaki , Yuzo Matsumoto , Tetsuro Fukusaka , Taishi Tomii
- Applicant: Yoshitaka Yamazaki , Yuzo Matsumoto , Tetsuro Fukusaka , Taishi Tomii
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2011-182340 20110824
- Main IPC: B65H3/14
- IPC: B65H3/14

Abstract:
Provided is a sheet feeding apparatus capable of reliably feeding thin sheets in a separated state and an image forming apparatus including the same.A floating preventing member which regulates an upward movement of an uppermost sheet floated by air is provided so as to be lifted and lowered between a tail end regulating plate regulating the position of the sheet above a tray and an adsorbing and conveying portion which conveys the uppermost sheet floated by the air blowing from a downstream air blowing portion. The adsorbing and conveying portion is moved to a predetermined regulating position higher than the height position of the uppermost sheet and lower than the feeding surface of the adsorbing and conveying portion before the sheet is floated, which suppresses the movement of the sheet toward the tail end side caused by the curling of the sheet due to the air.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130049286A1 SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2013-02-28
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