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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1996
Soichi Hiramatsu, Hachioji, JP;
Tetsuo Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Taniguro, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Haruyuki Yanagi, Machida, JP;
Takashi Nojima, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Saikawa, Inagi, JP;
Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideaki Kawakami, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet supplying apparatus comprises sheet supporting means for supporting a sheet, rotary supply means for feeding out the sheet, rotary convey means for conveying the sheet by a predetermined amount and then for effecting the registration of the sheet by a reverse rotation, drive means for driving the rotary convey means in a normal direction and a reverse direction, a switching output gear connected to the drive means so that a driving force from the drive means is transmitted to the switching output gear, and switching means for engaging the switching output gear with an input gear connected to the rotary supply means to transmit a rotational driving force of the rotary convey means to the rotary supply means, and for disengaging the switching output gear from the input gear.