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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2008
Applicants:
Hiroshi Hiura, Toride, JP;
Takeshi Suga, Moriya, JP;
Toshifumi Itabashi, Toride, JP;
Hajime Sekiguchi, Kashiwa, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Hiura, Toride, JP;
Takeshi Suga, Moriya, JP;
Toshifumi Itabashi, Toride, JP;
Hajime Sekiguchi, Kashiwa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Sheets fed out of a cassette supporting the sheets by a pickup roller are separated and fed by a sheet separation feeding unit having a feed roller and a separating roller which is rotatable in a direction opposite to a sheet feeding direction. A charge eliminating mechanism for eliminating charges of the separating roller is arranged on the upstream side in the sheet feeding direction in a separation nip portion between the feed roller and the separating roller.