Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsISAO KANNARI, HAJIME SEKIGUCHI, TOSHIFUMI ITABASHI, HIROSHI SAITO, KOUYOU TAMURA
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsISAO KANNARI, HAJIME SEKIGUCHI, TOSHIFUMI ITABASHI, HIROSHI SAITO, KOUYOU TAMURA
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A sheet feeding apparatus includes a supporting unit, a feeding unit, a side regulating portion, an air nozzle, and an air supplying unit. The air nozzle is movably provided at the side regulating portion and blows air in the sheet width direction toward at least an uppermost sheet of a sheet bundle supported on a support surface. The air nozzle is positioned at a first nozzle position for blowing the air to a first blowing position when the uppermost sheet of the sheet bundle supported on the support surface is positioned at a first sheet position. The air nozzle is positioned at a second nozzle position for blowing the air to a second blowing position below the first blowing position when the uppermost sheet of the sheet bundle supported on the support surface is positioned at a second sheet position below the first sheet position.
A sheet feeding apparatus comprising:
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