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US 6,659,444 B2Granted
Sheet feed apparatus, and recording apparatus having sheet feed apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMakoto Kawarama
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Abstract
In a sheet feed apparatus, a guide member formed by a flexible member is disposed at an aperture for manual sheet feeding provided on an upper surface of a sheet storing means, and sheets are guided to the position below a sheet feed means by the guide member, while underpropping the sheets, whereby the manual sheet feeding can be performed with the simple structure at low costs. Further, a space for the manual sheet feeding and the number of parts can be saved to the minimum.
Claims14
A sheet feed apparatus comprising:
- a sheet feed cassette for storing a sheet;
- a sheet feed roller for feeding the sheet;
- a manual sheet feed unit disposed above said sheet feed cassette;
- a cover member for covering an upper surface of said sheet feed cassette;
- and
- a guide member, disposed in said manual sheet feed unit for guiding the manually fed sheet to said sheet feed roller while underpropping the sheet,
- wherein said guide member is positionally fixed to said cover member, said guide member having an aperture which allows said sheet feed roller to come into contact with the sheet stored in said sheet feed cassette.
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A recording apparatus which performs a recording operation on a sheet using a recording head comprising:
- a head mounting unit for mounting a recording head;
- a sheet feed cassette for storing the sheet;
- a sheet feed roller for feeding the sheet;
- a manual sheet feed unit disposed above said sheet feed cassette;
- a cover member for covering an upper surface of said sheet feed cassette;
- and
- a guide member, disposed in said manual sheet feed unit, for guiding the manually fed sheet to said sheet feed roller while underpropping the sheet,
- wherein said guide member is positionally fixed to said cover member, said guide member having an aperture which allows said sheet feed roller to come into contact with the sheet stored in said sheet feed cassette.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.