The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1995
Harukazu Sekiya, Kawasaki, JP;
Jun Saito, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuzo Isoda, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiro Uchida, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Izumi, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Kuwata, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention relates to a sheet feeding apparatus having sheet carrying device unit for carrying sheets suspended by suspending unit, which is taken up by winding unit and thereby moves the sheet carrying device up and down to render the sheets fed from the topmost side of the sheets. Connection positions between the suspending unit and the sheet carrying device are located, in a direction perpendicular to a feeding direction of the sheets, at positions on a side of the sheet reference which is one end in the direction perpendicular to the feeding direction of the sheets, closer to the center of the sheets with respect to a position of a suspending original point of the suspending unit located over the sheet carrying device. The other connection positions between the suspending unit and the sheet carrying device are located, in a direction perpendicular to a feeding direction of the sheets, at a position on a side opposite to the side of the sheet reference, remote from the center of the sheets with respect to a position of a suspending original point of the suspending unit located over the sheet carrying device.