Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuaki Matsumoto
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Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet supporting portion configured to support a sheet, a feeding member configured to contact an upper surface of the sheet supported on the sheet supporting portion and feed the sheet, a drive motor configured to rotate in a first direction and in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a lifting mechanism connected to the drive motor and configured to lift the sheet supporting portion and lower the feeding member in a case where the drive motor rotates in the first direction, and to lower the sheet supporting portion and lift the feeding member in a case where the drive motor rotates in the second direction.
Claims12
1-12. (canceled)
A sheet feeding apparatus comprising:
- a sheet support configured to support a sheet;
- a sheet feeder configured to contact an upper surface of the sheet supported on the sheet support and feed the sheet;
- a conveyor configured to convey the sheet fed from the sheet feeder;
- a first motor configured to drive the sheet feeder and the conveyor;
- a second motor configured to rotate in a first direction and in a second direction opposite to the first direction;
- a lift connected to the second motor and configured to lift the sheet feeder in a case where the second motor rotates in the second direction;
- and
- a controller configured to control the first motor and the second motor,
- wherein during a job of feeding a sheet from the sheet support, the controller is configured to start rotation of the second motor in the second direction after starting feeding of a final sheet in the job and before stopping the first motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.