Sheet feeding apparatus

A sheet feeding apparatus comprising:

• a sheet supporting means for supporting sheets;
• rotatable sheet supply means for feeding out the sheets supported by said supporting means, said rotatable sheet supply means having a high friction portion which can be abutted agains the sheets to feed out the sheets;
• guide means extended in a sheet feeding direction for guiding a side edge of a sheet when the sheet is fed out by said sheet supply means;
• a separation pawl arranged at the same side as said guide means in a sheet widthwise direction for separating sheets fed out by said sheet supply means one by one;
• and
• spacing means arranged at said rotatable sheet supply means for spacing said high friction portion from the sheet while said sheet is being fed;
• wherein said spacing means acts on the sheet to rotate it in a plane thereof, and one side edge of the sheet is abutted against said guide means by rotating said sheet, thereby correcting a skew-feed of the sheet.

A sheet feeding apparatus comprising:

• a sheet supporting means for supporting a sheet;
• a rotatable sheet supply means for feeding out the sheet supported by said sheet supporting means, said rotatable sheet supply means having a high friction portion which can be abutted against the sheet to feed out said sheet;
• and
• a plurality of spacing means arranged along a widthwise direction of the sheet supported by said sheet supporting means to space said high friction portion from the sheet while said sheet is being fed;
• wherein said plurality of spacing means act on the sheet at different timings to rotate said sheet in a plane including a surface of said sheet, thereby correcting a skew-feed of said sheet.

A recording apparatus comprising:

• sheet supporting means for supporting a sheet;
• a rotatable sheet supply means for feeding out the sheet supported by said sheet supporting means, said rotatable sheet supply means having a high friction portion which can be abutted against the sheet to feed out said sheet;
• a plurality of spacing means arranged along a widthwise direction of the sheet supported by said sheet supporting means to space said high friction portion from the sheet while said sheet is being fed, said plurality of spacing means acting on the sheet at different timings to rotate said sheet in a plane including a surface of said sheet, thereby correcting a skew-feed of said sheet;
• and
• a recording means for recording an image on the sheet the skew-feed of which was corrected.

A sheet feeding apparatus comprising:

• a sheet supporting means for supporting sheets;
• a plurality of rotatable sheet supply means arranged along a widthwise direction of the sheets supported by said sheet supporting means for feeding out a sheet;
• guide means disposed upstream of said plurality of rotatable sheet supply means in a sheet feeding direction, said guide means extended in a sheet feeding direction for guiding a side edge of the sheet when the sheet is fed out by said sheet supply means;
• and
• a separation pawl arranged at the same side as said guide means in a sheet widthwise direction for separating sheets fed out by said sheet supply means one by one;
• wherein a sheet feeding amount of said sheet supply means situated near to said guide means is set larger than that of said sheet supply means remote from said guide means, so that the sheet supplied by said plurality of sheet supply means is rotated in a plane thereof, to be abutted onto said guide means at the side edge thereof for correcting a skew-feed of said sheet.

A recording apparatus comprising:

• a sheet supporting means for supporting sheets;
• a plurality of rotatable sheet supply means arranged along a widthwise direction of the sheets supported by said sheet supporting means for feeding out a sheet;
• guide means disposed upstream of said plurality of rotatable sheet supply means in a sheet feeding direction, said guide means extended in a sheet feeding direction for guiding a side edge of the sheet when the sheet is fed out by said sheet supply means;
• a separation pawl arranged at the same side as said guide means in a sheet widthwise direction for separating sheets fed out by said sheet supply means one by one;
• a recording means for recording an image on a sheet a skew-feed of which was corrected;
• a recording means for recording an image on the sheet the skew-feed of which was corrected,
• wherein a sheet feeding amount of said sheet supply means situated near to said guide means is set larger than that of said sheet supply means remote from said guide means, so that the sheet supplied by said plurality of sheet supply means is rotated in a plane thereof, to be abutted onto said guide means at the side edge thereof for correcting a skew-feed of the sheet.