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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2006
Akio Nemoto, Susono, JP;
Hironobu Ata, Susono, JP;
Akio Nemoto, Susono, JP;
Hironobu Ata, Susono, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus in which a first sheet feeding cassette and a second sheet feeding cassette for containing sheets are arranged in a vertical direction, a first drawer and a second drawer for holding the first sheet feeding cassette and the second sheet feeding cassette, respectively, such that they can be drawn out, a second sheet feeding roller for feeding the sheets from the second sheet feeding cassette located below the first sheet feeding cassette is arranged lateral to the first drawer of the first sheet feeding cassette located above the second sheet feeding cassette so as to be positioned above the bottom surface of the first sheet feeding cassette, and a second sheet feeding unit is supported by being abutted against the first drawer of the first sheet feeding cassette.