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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Nakagawa, Toride, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/26 (2006.01); B65H 7/04 (2006.01); B65H 1/04 (2006.01); B65H 1/14 (2006.01); B65H 3/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/04 (2013.01); B65H 1/04 (2013.01); B65H 1/14 (2013.01); B65H 3/66 (2013.01); B65H 2402/442 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus includes an apparatus body, and an opening/closing member openable/closable with respect to the apparatus body and including a support portion supporting a sheet in a condition in which the opening/closing member is opened. The sheet supported by the support portion is fed by a feed portion. The opening/closing member is provided with a detection portion configured to detect the sheet on the support portion. The detection portion is disposed at a position where a detection wave emitted from the detection portion is not detected in a condition in which the opening/closing member is closed.