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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Junichi Sata, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet-material automatic feeding device individually separates and feeds sheets of a sheet material mounted on a tray. The device includes a sheet-material-leading-end detection sensor for detecting the leading end of the sheet material mounted on the tray, and a sheet-material prefeeding roller for feeding the sheet material mounted on the tray to a sheet-material separation/feeding unit provided at a position downstream from the sheet-material prefeeding roller. When the sheet-material-leading-end detection sensor has detected the leading end of the sheet material mounted on the tray, the sheet-material prefeeding roller is mounted on and presses a leading-end portion of the sheet material mounted on the tray.