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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2001
Applicants:
Yuji Nakano, Kawasaki, JP;
Haruyuki Yanagi, Machida, JP;
Hiroshi Yoshino, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H007/12 ; B65H003/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus has a sheet stacking portion for stacking sheets; a sheet feeding roller for feeding the sheets from the sheet stacking means; a separating portion for separating the sheets one by one; a returning claw for returning the sheet other than the sheets separated by the separating portion toward the sheet stacking portion; wherein the returning claw effects its sheet returning operation when the sheet other than the sheet separated from the separating portion passes through a predetermined position.