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US 2016/0355358 A1Published application
Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAtsushi Murakami, Daisuke Aoki, Yu Shuhama
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Abstract
A cut-out is provided in a lower guide so as to permit a return claw to move between a retracted position and a protruded position. Furthermore, an upper surface of the return claw positioned in the protruded position functions as a guide portion that guides an underside of a sheet that has been manually fed.
Claims12
A feeding apparatus, comprising:
- a stack portion on which a sheet is stacked;
- a first feed member capable of moving between a first positon in which the sheet stacked on the stack portion is fed and a second position that is a position where the first feed member that has moved upwards from the first position is positioned, the first member being capable of feeding the sheet to a first conveyance path;
- a separation member that separates a sheet fed by the first feed member;
- a second feed unit that is provided above the stack portion and that is capable of feeding the sheet, the sheet conveyed through a second conveyance path is made to enter the first conveyance path with the second unit;
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- a moving member that moves from a retracted position in which the moving member is retracted from the first conveyance path to a protruded position in which the moving member is protruded into the first conveyance path,
- wherein the second feed unit feeds the sheet while in a state in which the moving member is positioned in the protruded position.
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