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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2009
Applicant:
Yuji Hayakawa, Saitama, JP;
Inventor:
Yuji Hayakawa, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus includes: a transporting unit that transports a sheet; guiding members that regulate side portions, in a sheet transporting direction, of the sheet, and that guide the sheet being transported; a distance changing member that is configured to be movable, that is coupled with the guiding members, and that changes a distance between the guiding members; and a restricting unit that restricts movement of the distance changing member in conjunction with a transporting operation of the transporting unit.