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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
May. 17, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuma Inui, Toride, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet conveyance roller, a retard roller to contact the conveyance roller and separate sheets one by one, a drive input shaft, a retard shaft, and a joint to connect the retard shaft with the drive input shaft and transmit rotary drive force of the drive input shaft to the retard shaft. A first angle formed between a line passing through a first engagement position and the drive input shaft and a line passing through a second engagement position and the retard shaft center is within a range of 80 degrees or greater and 100 degrees or smaller, and a second angle formed between a line passing through the drive input shaft and a first pin axis and a line passing through the retard shaft and a second pin axis is within a range of 50 degrees or greater and 70 degrees or smaller.