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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1991
Yutaka Kikuchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuo Takeuchi, Iwai, JP;
Ryuichi Inaba, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Ishihama, Mitsukaido, JP;
Yasunori Kawakami, Shimotsuma, JP;
Akihito Nagayama, Koganei, JP;
Kenichi Horikoshi, Mitsukaido, JP;
Hideo Saito, Mitsukaido, JP;
Hidetaka Fukiharu, Fuchu, JP;
Fumio Asano, Noda, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus with a sheet containing tray adapted to support a plurality of sheets and being shiftable between a sheet supplying position and a waiting position, a sheet supply roller for feeding out the sheet supported by the sheet containing tray at the sheet supplying position, a driving force transmitting device connected to the sheet supply roller and adapted to transmit a driving force from a drive source, and a holding device connected to the driving force transmitting device so that the sheet containing tray is shifted to the sheet supplying position by the driving force transmitted to the sheet supply roller and capable of holding the sheet containing tray at the sheet supplying position while the plurality of sheets are being supplied by the sheet supply roller.