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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2010
Akira Matsushima, Susono, JP;
Yasuhiro Uchida, Yokohama, JP;
Hirofumi Hori, Numazu, JP;
Hitomi Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Matsushima, Susono, JP;
Yasuhiro Uchida, Yokohama, JP;
Hirofumi Hori, Numazu, JP;
Hitomi Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus, in which a drive motor rotates a pickup roller, and a drive transmission portion provided between the drive motor and the pickup roller transmits a drive from the drive motor to the pickup roller. During sheet feeding, one of the drive motor and the drive transmission portion causes the pickup roller to perform an intermittent drive of iterating the drive and a stop, so that a sheet is gradually deflected between the pickup roller and separation claws.