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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2024
Filed:
May. 18, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Hosohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoya Tateishi, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet supporting portion, a feeding portion, a conveying portion configured to convey the sheet fed by the feeding portion, a separation member, a returning portion, the returning portion pushing the sheet back toward the sheet supporting portion by moving from a retracting position to a protruding position, and a pressing portion including a contact portion configured to contact the sheet. The pressing portion is configured to press the sheet from above via the contact portion such that the sheet is pushed toward the returning portion in a state where the returning portion is positioned at the protruding position and below the sheet.