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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2023
Seiji Nishizawa, Yamanashi, JP;
Kazunori Hatakawa, Yamanashi, JP;
Seiji Nishizawa, Yamanashi, JP;
Kazunori Hatakawa, Yamanashi, JP;
CANON FINETECH NISCA INC., Misato, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus for feeding sheets is provided with a delivery roller for delivering sheets on a stack tray, and an air blower mechanism for blowing air to the sheets on the stack tray, and selects to execute one of first operation for blowing air to the sheets to handle the sheets on the stack tray in a state in which the delivery roller is brought into contact with the sheets stacked on the stack tray, and second operation for blowing air to the sheets on the stack tray to handle the sheets in a state in which the delivery roller is retracted from the sheets stacked on the stack tray.