Patent ID: 11926498
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A sheet feeding apparatus comprising:
a sheet supporting portion configured to support a sheet;
a feeding portion configured liftably and lowerably between a feed position where the feeding portion is abutted against the sheet supported on the sheet supporting portion and an upper position where the feeding portion is separated upward from the sheet supported on the sheet support portion, the feeding portion being configured to feed the sheet by rotating at the feed position;
a conveying portion configured to convey the sheet fed by the feeding portion;
a separation member configured movably between an abutted position where the separation member is abutted against the conveying portion and forming a separation nip configured to separate the sheet fed by the feeding portion one by one and a separated position where the separation member is separated from the conveying portion;
a returning portion configured movably between a protruding position where the returning portion is protruded to a conveyance path through which the sheet is passed and a retracting position where the returning portion is retracted from the conveyance path, the returning portion being protruded to the conveyance path at the protruding position between the feeding portion and the separation nip in a sheet conveyance direction, the returning portion pushing the sheet back toward the sheet supporting portion by moving from the retracting position to the protruding position; and
a pressing portion including a contact portion configured to contact the sheet, the pressing portion being configured to press the sheet from above via the contact portion such that the sheet is pushed toward the returning portion in a state where the returning portion is positioned at the protruding position and below the sheet.