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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1993
Hitoshi Ishihama, Mitsukaido, JP;
Yasuyoshi Hayakawa, Yokohama, JP;
Naoki Asano, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenichi Horikoshi, Mitsukaido, JP;
Tetsuro Onuki, Iwai, JP;
Akihiro Toma, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Yamagata, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a sheet supply apparatus comprising a sheet containing device for containing a plurality of sheets, a sheet positioning member provided in the sheet containing device to position the sheets in a widthwise direction thereof by abutting against a side edge of the contained sheets, and a supply device for feeding out the sheets positioned by the sheet positioning member. Wherein the sheet positioning member is previously inclined at a predetermined angle toward a direction opposite to a direction that the sheet positioning member may be inclined by the deflection of the sheet containing device due to the weight of the sheets contained in the sheet containing device.