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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1997
Masakazu Hiroi, Kawasaki, JP;
Chikara Sato, Hachioji, JP;
Katsuya Yamazaki, Toride, JP;
Yasuo Fukazu, Abiko, JP;
Tomohito Nakagawa, Kashiwa, JP;
Takuya Terae, Matsudo, JP;
Takayuki Fujii, Toride, JP;
Yuichi Yamamoto, Toride, JP;
Yuzoh Matsumoto, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A stack sheet supplying apparatus has a sheet stacking unit, a supply roller for supplying a sheet by contacting with an uppermost sheet in a sheet stack resting on the sheet stacking unit, a lift/lower device for controlling lifting and lower of the supply roller, a drive for driving the lift/lower device, a detector for detecting the fact that the supply roller reaches a supply position after the supply roller is lowered, and a control for turning OFF the drive on the basis of a detected result of the detector.