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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichi Masuda, Yokohama, JP;
Masashi Kamada, Kawasaki, JP;
Masato Eiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Yuki Igarashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Negishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Ryoya Shinjo, Kawasaki, JP;
Ryo Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomohiro Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet supplying apparatus, in which a user can select either automatic sheet feeding or manual sheet feeding, includes a driving unit configured to cause a roll including a wound consecutive sheet to rotate in a first direction for feeding the sheet or a second direction opposite to the first direction, a first sensor that detects a leading end portion of the sheet separated from an outer circumferential surface of the roll, a second sensor that detects the leading end portion which is manually set in a conveyance path by the user, and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not automatic sheet feeding is performed on the basis of a detection result of the second sensor.