Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US18222619Application Date: 2023-07-17
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Publication No.: US12129140B2Publication Date: 2024-10-29
- Inventor: Yasuaki Matsumoto
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: VENABLE LLP
- Priority: JP 19154160 2019.08.26
- The original application number of the division: US17940263 2022.09.08
- Main IPC: B65H3/06
- IPC: B65H3/06 ; B65H1/08

Abstract:
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet support to support a sheet, a sheet feeder to contact an upper surface of the sheet supported on the sheet support and feed the sheet, and a conveyor to convey the sheet fed from the sheet feeder. A first motor drives the sheet feeder and the conveyor, a second motor rotates in a first direction and in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a lift is connected to the second motor and lifts the sheet feeder in a case where the second motor rotates in the second direction. A controller controls the first motor and the second motor and, during a job of feeding a sheet from the sheet support, starts 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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230356967A1 SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-11-09
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