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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1993
Ikuo Ikemori, Kawasaki, JP;
Katsuyuki Yokoi, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Ishii, Toride, JP;
Hiroyuki Inoue, Yokohama, JP;
Masao Ando, Yokohama, JP;
Ryukichi Inoue, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a sheet supplying apparatus with a sheet support for supporting a sheet and shiftable between a supply position and a waiting position, a supply roller for feeding out the sheet from the sheet support means at the supply position, a biasing device for biasing the sheet support means from the waiting position toward the supply position, a shifting device for shifting the sheet supporting means from the supply position to the waiting position in adherence with a biasing force of the biasing device means, and a regulating apparatus for regulating the shifting of the sheet support means with a force weaker than the biasing device force of the biasing device, when the sheet support means shifted to the waiting position by the shifting device is shifted from the waiting position to the supply position by the biasing device.