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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Motoyuki Taguchi, Komae, JP;
Kenji Soya, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/52 (2006.01); B65H 3/06 (2006.01); B65H 3/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/06 (2013.01); B65H 3/0669 (2013.01); B65H 3/0684 (2013.01); B65H 3/5223 (2013.01); B65H 3/56 (2013.01); B65H 2402/46 (2013.01); B65H 2404/5311 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1118 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1134 (2013.01); B65H 2405/1136 (2013.01); B65H 2801/39 (2013.01);
Abstract
A feeding device includes a roller configured to feed an uppermost sheet of a plurality of sheets stacked in a stacking unit, and an inclined separator located downstream of the roller in a feed direction and configured to separate one sheet from another sheet. The inclined separator includes a first separator and a second separator that are arranged along the feed direction. Resistance imparted to each sheet by the first separator is greater than resistance imparted to each sheet by the second separator.