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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toshifumi Itabashi, Toride, JP;
Shinsuke Ubayashi, Kashiwa, JP;
Hiroshige Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Kozo Inoue, Abiko, JP;
Isao Kannari, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus and an image forming apparatus which can reliably feed even sheets having a non-uniform thickness to prevent excessive stacking. An auxiliary trayis swingably provided on the upper surface of a traywhich is provided in a cassette bodyto be lifted and lowered and stacks sheets thereon. When the sheets are stacked, a swing regulating portionregulates the swing of the auxiliary traywhen the trayis in a sheet stacking position and releases the regulation of the swing of the auxiliary traywhen the trayis lifted.