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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1995
Takehiko Kiyohara, Zama, JP;
Soichi Hiramatsu, Hachioji, JP;
Hideki Yamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Inoue, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Nojima, Mitaka, JP;
Hitoshi Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Kida, Yokohama, JP;
Hideaki Kawakami, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Iwasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet supply apparatus has a separation member which is elastically flexible to change an angle thereof when the separation member is urged by a sheet fed out by a sheet supply unit, thereby separating the sheet which rides over the separation member from the other sheets, and a load releasing device for removing a load from the separation member to permit the separation member to return to its original state after the sheet is separated by the separation member and a guide for guiding the sheet separated by the separation member in the state where the separated sheet is not contacted with the separation member.