Sheet feeding apparatus, and image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus provided therewith
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMichiro Koike, Noriyoshi Ueda
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Abstract
The present invention is provided as a sheet feeding apparatus comprising a friction separating/feeding means for separating and feeding a sheet by making use of frictional force, an air separating/feeding means for separating and feeding a sheet by making use of air and a selecting means for selecting either one of the friction separating/feeding means and the air separating/feeding means and for making the selected means separate and feed the sheet.
Claims18
A sheet feeding apparatus comprising:
- a friction separating/feeding means for separating and feeding a sheet by making use of frictional force;
- an air separating/feeding means for separating and feeding a sheet by making use of air;
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- a selecting means for selecting either one of said friction separating/feeding means and said air separating/feeding means and for making the selected means separate and feed the sheet.
A sheet feeding apparatus applied to an image reading apparatus for reading an image of a sheet existing in an image reading section, said sheet feeding apparatus comprising:
- a friction separating/feeding means for separating and feeding a sheet by making use of frictional force;
- a first conveying means for guiding the sheet separated and fed by said friction separating/feeding means to said image reading section;
- an air separating/feeding means for separating and feeding a sheet by making use of air;
- a second conveying means for guiding the sheet separated and fed by said air separating/feeding means to said image reading section;
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- a selecting means for selecting one of said friction separating/feeding means and said air separating/feeding means and for making the selected means separate and feed the sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.