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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2002
Satoru Matsuki, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Tomohisa Shimizu, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Satoru Matsuki, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Tomohisa Shimizu, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Nisca Corporation, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet storage portion that can store sheets with various sizes and accurately detect a size of the sheets. The sheet feeding apparatus has a sheet storage device, a supporting device for supporting the sheet storage device in a moving path between a sheet replenishing position and a sheet feeding position, a frame for fastening the supporting device, a sheet feeding device for separating the sheets into a single sheet and feeding the single sheet, and a sheet size detecting device established in the moving path for detecting the size of the sheets stored in the sheet storage device. The sheet size detecting device overlaps the sheet storage device in a sheet stacking direction when the sheet storage device is positioned at the sheet feeding position.