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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Akiyuki Mitamura, Ibaraki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding device includes a stacking tray for stacking a sheet; a sheet detector for detecting presence/absence of the sheet on the stacking tray; a feeder for feeding the sheet detected by the sheet detector; an LED, provided adjacent to the sheet stacked on the stacking tray, for emitting light; a display, provided substantially in parallel with an optical axis of the LED, for being illuminated by the light emitted from the LED; a reflector, provided opposed to the display portion, for reflecting and scattering the light emitted by the LED, toward the display; and a controller for controlling emission of the light of the LED on the basis of a signal outputted by the sheet detector.