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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chitose Tenpaku, Kawasaki, JP;
Noriyoshi Ishikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271251 ; 271272 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a sheet feeding apparatus with a regulating guide disposed along a sheet feeding path and adapted to regulate a position of a lateral edge of a sheet, first and second rotary members for feeding the sheet along the sheet feeding path and for applying force to the sheet to urge the lateral edge of the sheet against the regulating guide, and a support device for supporting the first and second rotary members in such a manner that they can be shifted in response to reaction force corresponding to the aforementioned force and received from the sheet.