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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2012
Hiroharu Tsuji, Numazu, JP;
Masatoshi Yoshida, Susono, JP;
Tomooku Koyama, Suntou-gun, JP;
Junichi Sekiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroharu Tsuji, Numazu, JP;
Masatoshi Yoshida, Susono, JP;
Tomooku Koyama, Suntou-gun, JP;
Junichi Sekiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A controller controls operations of a sheet conveying portion and a sheet feeding portion in such a manner that an operation for feeding a preceding sheet by the sheet feeding portion is started after a downstream portion of a subsequent sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying portion is overlapped an upstream portion of the preceding sheet stacked on the stacking portion, and the downstream edge of the preceding sheet is caused to abut against the reference member by the sheet feeding portion in a state where the upstream portion of the preceding sheet and the downstream portion of the subsequent sheet are maintained in an overlapped state.