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Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1997

Filed:

Jun. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Masakatsu Yamada, Kawasaki, JP;

Minoru Yokoyama, Yokohama, JP;

Takeshi Kohno, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399-1 ; 347104 ; 399 16 ; 399 38 ; 399384 ;
Abstract

A sheet feeding apparatus includes a guiding path for guiding a sheet, a detector for detecting the presence/absence of the sheet in the guiding path, a power-supply switch for turning on and off a power supply, and a determination device for determining whether the sheet comprises a rolled sheet or a cut sheet according to whether the detector detects or does not detect the sheet, respectively, when the power-supply switch has been turned on.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Yamada, Masakatsu. (1997). Sheet feeding apparatus having means for determining the leading edge of (U.S. Patent No. 5701547). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5701547

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