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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Katsuyuki Yokoi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B65H 7/02 (2006.01); B65H 3/56 (2006.01); B65H 3/66 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/0653 (2013.01); B65H 7/02 (2013.01); B65H 3/06 (2013.01); B65H 3/0684 (2013.01); B65H 3/56 (2013.01); B65H 3/66 (2013.01); B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 2301/3122 (2013.01); B65H 2301/3124 (2013.01); B65H 2404/6111 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1136 (2013.01); B65H 2405/332 (2013.01); B65H 2801/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet feeding mechanism includes a sheet feeding roller configured to feed an uppermost recording medium from stacked recording mediums, an inclined portion located at a downstream position of the sheet feeding roller in a conveyance direction of the recording medium and having a surface inclined with respect to the conveyance direction, and a restriction member configured not to contact the recording medium before the sheet feeding roller feeds the recording medium, and configured to contact the recording medium in a state where the recording medium is fed by the sheet feeding roller and conveyed along the inclined portion.