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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1996
Hisayuki Tomura, Machida, JP;
Haruo Ishizuka, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyko, JP;
Abstract
A sheet supplying apparatus which has a feed roller rotated in a sheet feed direction, a retard roller capable of being urged against the feed roller and adapted to separate sheets one by one between the retard roller and the feed roller, a first drive transmitting mechanism capable of transmitting or interrupting a driving force from a drive source to the feed roller and the retard roller, a second drive transmitting mechanism for transmitting a rotation of the feed roller to the retard roller, and a convey roller disposed downstream of the feed roller in the sheet feed direction for receiving and conveying the sheet fed out by the feed roller and which is rotated by transmitting the driving force of the first drive transmitting mechanism.