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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Mitsuyuki Fujibayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Mitsuyuki Fujibayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Shoji Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Recording medium feeding means includes a recording medium determination device, in which an arm biased by a spring toward recording medium loading means is rotatably attached to a lever rotated by a rotatably driven cam member, two holder segments are rockingly attached to the arm, and a recording medium detector held by one of the holder segments reads information, such as the type and properties, on the recording media. A cam element is provided between the cam member and the lever for gradually rotating the lever.