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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
May. 08, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Keitaro Taoka, Nagareyama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a sheet feeding apparatus including a tray unit capable of stacking a sheet at an opened position; a feeding member which feeds the sheet stacked on the tray unit; a feed supporting portion which supports the feeding member such that the feeding member is capable of moving to a feeding position for feeding the sheet stacked on the tray unit and to a storage position at which the feeding member is stored in the apparatus main body; and an urging portion which urges the feeding member toward the feeding position, wherein the feed supporting portion includes an abutting portion which abuts against a region other than a sheet stacking region of the tray unit for moving the feed supporting portion and for moving the feeding member to the storage position when the tray unit moves from the opened position to the closed position.