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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2004
Takeshi Tsuchida, Ibaraki, JP;
Takeshi Tsuchida, Ibaraki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus provided with a sheet stacking portion for supporting sheets thereon, a sheet feeding roller for feeding the sheets stacked on the sheet stacking portion, and a manually moving member for selectively moving the sheet stacking portion between a first position in which sheets stacked on the sheet stacking portion are brought into pressure contact with the sheet feeding roller and a second position in which the stacked sheets are spaced apart from the sheet feeding roller, the manually moving member being disposed above the sheet stacking portion and in a direction orthogonal to a sheet feeding direction, and an image forming apparatus having the sheet feeding apparatus.