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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Ono, Ibaraki, JP;
Takayuki Fukushima, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazuki Matsuo, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuya Yasuda, Tokyo, JP;
Takuma Tachibana, Kanagawa, JP;
Akiyuki Mitamura, Ibaraki, JP;
Akira Matsumoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Akira Urita, Ibaraki, JP;
Norikazu Hishinuma, Chiba, JP;
Takatsugu Nakamura, Saitama, JP;
Yu Hashimoto, Chiba, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A document supporting portion includes a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion. The first supporting portion has a first supporting surface that supports a document. The second supporting portion has a second supporting surface that supports the document together with the first supporting surface and provided so as to be slidable between a first position at which the second supporting portion located above the first supporting portion and a second position at which the second supporting surface supports the document together with the first supporting surface. In a state where the second supporting portion is located at the first position, the second supporting surface constitutes a portion of an upper surface of the document feeding apparatus.