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US 2002/0117797 A1Published application
Sheet feed apparatus, and recording apparatus having sheet feed apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMakoto Kawarama
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Abstract
In a sheet feed apparatus, a guide member formed by a flexible member is disposed at an aperture for manual sheet feeding provided on an upper surface of a sheet storing means, and sheets are guided to the position below a sheet feed means by the guide member, while underpropping the sheets, whereby the manual sheet feeding can be performed with the simple structure at low costs. Further, a space for the manual sheet feeding and the number of parts can be saved to the minimum.
Claims16
A sheet feed apparatus comprising:
- sheet storing means for storing a sheet;
- sheet feed means, disposed in a state capable of closing to and leaving from the sheet stored in said sheet storing means, for feeding the sheet;
- a manual sheet feed unit disposed above said sheet storing means;
- and
- a guide member, disposed in said manual sheet feed unit, for guiding the manually fed sheet to said sheet feed means while underpropping the sheet,
- wherein said guide member is formed by a flexible member.
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A recording apparatus which performs a recording operation on a sheet using a recording head comprising:
- a head mounting unit for mounting a recording head;
- sheet storing means for storing the sheet;
- sheet feed means, disposed in a state capable of closing to and leaving from the sheet stored in said sheet storing means, for feeding the sheet;
- a manual sheet feed unit disposed above said sheet storing means;
- and
- a guide member, disposed in said manual sheet feed unit, for guiding the manually fed sheet to said sheet feed means while underpropping those sheet,
- wherein said guide member is formed by a flexible member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.