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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
May. 16, 2024
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Ohno, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a tray on which a plurality of sheets can be stacked, the tray being movable in a vertical direction to lift the sheets, a pickup roller that is rotatable to convey an uppermost sheet of the sheets in a conveyance direction when the sheets are lifted and pressed against the pickup roller, a first guide that is disposed adjacent to the pickup roller and guides the uppermost sheet conveyed by the pickup roller along the conveyance direction, and a pair of lifting members that support the sheets that are stacked in the tray. The lifting members extend along the conveyance direction, are spaced apart in a width direction of the sheets that is transverse to the conveyance direction, and are movable in the vertical direction together with the tray.
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