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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2003
Applicants:
Masashi Yamashita, Koufu, JP;
Hideki Aoyagi, Koufu, JP;
Atsumi Kobayashi, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nisca Corporation, Yamanashi-Ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H009/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a stacking tray for stacking a sheet, a sheet feeding device for feeding the sheet, a register device for aligning a leading edge of the sheet fed by the sheet feeding device, a recognition device for recognizing a state that the sheets stacked on the stacking tray have different widths, and a setting device for setting a feeding distance according to a result of the recognition device. A control device controls the sheet feeding device to feed the sheet for the feeding distance.