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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1991
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding device includes a sheet accommodation unit for supporting a plurality of sheets, the sheet accommodation unit being movable between waiting and sheet feed positions, an urging device for urging the sheet accommodation unit toward the sheet feed position, a sheet feed device for sending out the sheets supported by the sheet accommodation unit at the sheet feed position, a moving device for moving the sheet accommodation unit between the waiting and sheet feed positions, a driving force transmitting device for transmitting a driving force of moving the sheet accommodation unit to the moving device when engaged with the displacing device, a release device for releasing the engagement of the displacing device with the driving force transmitting device, and a locking device for cancellably restricting the moving device when the engagement of the moving device with the driving force transmitting device is released by the release device.