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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1994
Tetsuo Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Shinnosuke Taniishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Junichi Asano, Kawasaki, JP;
Soichi Hiramatsu, Yokohama, JP;
Haruyuki Yanagi, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Nojima, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Saikawa, Inagi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet supporting device for supporting sheets, a supply device for feeding the sheets supported by the sheet supporting device in a sheet feeding direction, a separating claw device for separating, one-by-one, the sheets fed by the supply device by regulating at least one front corner of the sheets relative to the sheet feeding direction. A switching device selectively switches positions of the separating claw device between a first position where the separating claw device is separated from the sheet supporting device and a second position where the separating claw device is adjacent to the sheet supporting device. A separation device separates, one-by-one, the sheets fed by the supply device in a condition that the separating claw device is in the second position.