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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2007
Takashi Fujita, Kashiwa, JP;
Hiroaki Takagishi, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuto Kamiyama, Kashiwa, JP;
Kozo Inoue, Toride, JP;
Seiichiro Kameda, Abiko, JP;
Junichi Moteki, Abiko, JP;
Satohisa Tateishi, Abiko, JP;
Youichi Chikugo, Toride, JP;
Takashi Fujita, Kashiwa, JP;
Hiroaki Takagishi, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuto Kamiyama, Kashiwa, JP;
Kozo Inoue, Toride, JP;
Seiichiro Kameda, Abiko, JP;
Junichi Moteki, Abiko, JP;
Satohisa Tateishi, Abiko, JP;
Youichi Chikugo, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus according to an aspect of the invention includes conveying suction belts which have a function of rotating an adsorbed sheet and a function of conveying the sheet; a suction fanwhich adsorbs the sheet to the belts; CCDs which detect a position and an skew in a direction orthogonal to a sheet conveying direction while the sheet is adsorbed to the belts; and a control device for driving the belts to rotate the sheet according to signals of CCDs in order to correct an attitude of the sheet adsorbed to the belts.