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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Junichi Yoshikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuyuki Yokoi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Taniguro, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Hanabusa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuyo Ohashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiichiro Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/12 ; B65H 1/18 ; B41J 1/310 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/12 ; B65H 1/18 ; B41J 1/310 ;
Abstract
A feeding device has a loading unit for allowing one of a plurality of recording media and a storage case having a plurality of recording media contained therein to be selectively loaded thereon, a feeding roller for feeding the recording media from the loading unit, and ribs for preventing the storage case from floating to restrict the position of the storage case relative to the feeding roller.