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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2002
Daigo Nakagawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Toshiyuki Takano, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasushi Ishida, Ibaraki, JP;
Masakatsu Yamada, Ibaraki, JP;
Shigeyuki Sugiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image feeding apparatus for feeding sheets by separating sheets one by one by a separating device has a pickup arm and a stopper. The uppermost document of stacking documents to be copied contacts and downwardly press down the pickup arm, and then the pickup arm and the uppermost document downwardly press down the stopper so as to make a passage of the uppermost document. After the uppermost document passes through, the stopper ascents by gravity in response to elevation of the pickup arm. The stopper can be reliably operated by a simple and low-cost construction.