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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1993
Yutaka Kikuchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a sheet feeding apparatus with a sheet support for supporting sheets, a supply roller for feeding out the sheets from the sheet support, and a separator for separating the sheets fed from the supply roller one by one, the separator including a fixed frictional separating pad, a rotary member mounted for movement in contact with and in separation from the frictional separating pad, and a bias mechanism for biasing the rotary member to it urge against the frictional separating pad. The sheets fed from the supply means are separated one by one by passing the sheet through a contact area between the rotary member and the frictional separating pad.