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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2006
Toshiya Matsumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuo Ohyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiya Matsumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuo Ohyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus is provided that includes a sheet feeding traythat can rotate to open and close; a sheet positioning portiondisposed in a sheet feeding portion such that it can contact against a side end of stacked sheets S; an edge limiting memberdisposed in the sheet feeding tray such that it can contact against a side end of the sheets on a side that is further upstream than the sheet positioning portion; and a control unit that controls an inverted posture of the edge limiting member in response to an operation to open or close the sheet feeding tray; wherein the edge limiting member rises accompanying an operation to open the sheet feeding tray and the edge limiting member collapses accompanying an operation to close the sheet feeding tray.