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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Seiichiro Adachi, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a feeding rotating member to feed a sheet, and a separating portion to separate and feed one by one the sheet fed by the feeding rotating member. The separating portion includes a separating rotating member to feed a sheet and a separating member to form a separation nip portion by abutting on the separating rotating member. In addition, a sheet stacking portion on which sheets are stacked is disposed to face the feeding rotating member, and a sheet introducing portion guides the sheet toward the separating portion. The sheet introducing portion being is in a downstream side of the sheet stacking portion and positioned above a tangent line at a contacting point between the feeding rotating member and the sheet stacking portion in a vertical direction. A gap portion is disposed on the sheet introducing portion and outside of the feeding rotating member in a sheet width direction perpendicular to a sheet feeding direction and curves the sheet fed by the feeding rotating member in the sheet width direction.