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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1992
Hisatsugu Naito, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet material feeding device includes a first conveying path for feeding sheet material, a second conveying path for feeding the sheet material and which joins the first conveying path, an anchoring unit for anchoring and bending the leading end of the sheet material fed through the first conveying path or the second conveying path, and a guide member provided at the joining point of the first conveying path and the second conveying path for allowing the sheet material fed from an upstream side through the first conveying path to pass the joining point and for preventing the sheet material fed from a downstream side through the first conveying path from entering an upstream side from the joining point. The guide member presses a curved portion of the sheet material formed by the leading end of the sheet material fed through the first conveying path anchored by the anchoring unit in a direction to flatten that portion.