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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Seto, Shizuoka, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a stacking portion, a feed member provided above the stacking portion and configured to feed an uppermost sheet among the sheets stacked on the stacking portion, and a trailing-end regulating member movable in the sheet feeding direction and configured to regulate a position of a trailing end of the sheets stacked on the stacking portion in the sheet feeding direction. The trailing-end regulating member includes a support portion configured to support a lower surface of the sheets stacked on the stacking portion. The support portion has a projecting shape in which a center portion of the support portion in a sheet width direction projects upward as compared with end portions of the support portion in the sheet width direction.