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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yasushi Yamada, Hachioji, JP;
Tadashi Uematsu, Oizumi, JP;
Shigeo Inaba, Oizumi, JP;
Hiroyuki Hara, Kamifukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271-31 ; 271127 ; 271212 ; 271254 ; 271270 ;
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus includes an endless belt which is postioned to be adjacent to a rear part of a sheet stand on which trailing edges of a pile of sheets are loaded. The endless belt includes a holding member to hold a leading edge of a sheet that is being returned to the sheet stand so that the endless belt conveys the sheet together with the holding member and inserts the sheet being returned to the sheet stand under the pile of sheets. A single stopper is provided on the sheet stand to align the sheets of the pile as well as the sheets inserted under the pile.