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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2006
Hideyuki Terashima, Kawasaki, JP;
Akio Okubo, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Awai, Chiba, JP;
Hideyuki Terashima, Kawasaki, JP;
Akio Okubo, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Awai, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In the image reading and recording apparatus, a separating and feeding unit, a paper end detecting unit, a reading unit, a conveying unit, and a recording unit are arranged in this order from the upstream of the conveying direction. The separating and feeding unit has a switching unit for selectively switching between a separating function of separating the uppermost one of stacked sheets and a feeding function of feeding each separated sheet at a predetermined speed. After a sheet is separated, switching from the separating function to the feeding function is carried out before the paper end detecting unit detects the top end of the sheet.