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US 11,535,469 B2Granted
Sheet feeding apparatus
AssigneeCanon Finetech Nisca Inc.
InventorsMasatoshi Ozawa, Hiroto Akiyama, Seiji Nishizawa, Kei Horiuchi
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Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus includes: a storage part that stores a sheet, and a feeding part that has a feeding roller for feeding the sheet. The storage part and the feeding part are configured to be integrally inserted/withdrawn into/from an apparatus enclosure. The feeding roller is moved from a feeding position to a retracting position before the storage part and the feeding part are withdrawn from the enclosure.
Claims6
A sheet feeding apparatus for feeding a sheet, comprising:
- a storage part that stores a sheet;
- a feeding part that has a feeding roller for feeding the sheet stored in the storage part;
- an enclosure into and from which the storage part and feeding part are integrally inserted and withdrawn;
- a moving mechanism that moves the feeding roller of the feeding part to a feeding position for feeding the sheet and a retracting position for storing the sheet in the storage part, and
- a detection member that contacts the sheet stored in the storage part to detect presence of the sheet, wherein
- the moving mechanism moves the feeding roller to the retracting position before the storage part and the feeding part are withdrawn from the enclosure, and moves the feeding roller to the feeding position after the storage part and the feeding part are inserted to the enclosure, and
- accompanying the movement of the feeding roller to the retracting position, the detection member retracts from a position contacting the sheet stored in the storage part to a position allowing a sheet to be stored in the storage part.
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A sheet feeding apparatus for feeding a sheet, comprising:
- a storage part that stores a sheet;
- a feeding part that has a feeding roller for feeding the sheet stored in the storage part;
- a storage case having the storage part and the feeding part;
- an enclosure into and from which the storage case is inserted and withdrawn;
- a holding part that holds the storage case at an attachment position in the enclosure;
- a releasing part that releases hold of the storage case by the holding part;
- a detection part that detects that the storage case including the storage part and feeding part has been attached to the attachment position in the enclosure;
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- a moving part that moves the feeding roller of the feeding part to a feeding position for feeding the sheet and a retracting position allowing the sheet to be stored in the storage part, wherein
- the releasing part releases hold of the storage case by the holding part after the moving part moves the feeding roller to the retracting position, and
- the moving part moves the feeding roller to the feeding position based on the detection by the detection part that the storage case has been attached to the attachment position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.