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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a detection unit provided to be movable with respect to a sheet stacking portion and configured to detect a sheet by causing a contact portion to come into contact with an uppermost sheet stacked on a stacking surface. A bottom portion of the sheet stacking portion forms a part of a bottom portion of the sheet feeding apparatus, the sheet stacking portion is provided with a through-hole configured to be exposed in the case where no sheet is stacked on the stacking surface, the through-hole penetrates the stacking surface to a bottom surface of the sheet stacking portion, and the contact portion is positioned inside the through-hole in the case where no sheet is stacked on the stacking surface.