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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
May. 19, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Fukada, Shizuoka, JP;
Shunsuke Okazaki, Shizuoka, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet supporting portion movable between a sheet supporting position and a first storage position. A sheet feed unit includes a sheet feed portion to feed the supported sheet, and an abutment member regulates movement of the sheet in a sheet feed direction by abutting against a downstream end of the sheet. An engagement member turns into an engagement state and a release state. The sheet feed unit is positioned in a sheet feed position or a waiting position and is exposed to an outside of the sheet feeding apparatus when the sheet supporting portion is in the sheet supporting position. The sheet supporting portion includes a pressing portion to turn the engagement member from the engagement state to the release state by pressing the engagement member when the sheet supporting portion moves from the sheet supporting position to the first storage position.