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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshige Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/08 (2006.01); B65H 3/48 (2006.01); B65H 3/54 (2006.01); B65H 3/08 (2006.01); B65H 1/14 (2006.01); B65H 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/14 (2013.01); B65H 2553/60 (2013.01); B65H 3/48 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01); B65H 3/54 (2013.01); B65H 3/0816 (2013.01); B65H 2405/15 (2013.01); B65H 2511/515 (2013.01); B65H 2513/41 (2013.01); B65H 7/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus capable of reliably feeding a sheet even when a gap is formed between the sheet and a regulating portion, and an image forming apparatus are provided. A tail end regulating plateregulates a movement of a sheet supported by a tray supporting the sheet so as to be lifted or lowered, and when a gap is formed between the tail end regulating plateand the sheet supported by the tray, tail end regulating projectionsH andI which are provided so as to protrude to the gap regulate the movement of the sheet toward the tail end regulating plate