Patent ID: 11866287
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 2:
3. A sheet feeding device according to claim 1, wherein said guide member includes:
a first curved guide portion provided under said reversing roller with respect to a vertical direction and configured to guide a leading end of the sheet with respect to one direction of substantially horizontal directions;
a second curved guide portion provided at a position different from said first curved guide portion with respect to the horizontal direction and configured to guide the leading end of the sheet from the substantially horizontal direction to upward with respect to the vertical directions; and
a third curved guide portion provided over said second curved guide portion with respect to the vertical direction and configured to guide the leading end of the sheet from upward with respect to the vertical direction to the other direction of the substantially horizontal direction,
wherein said rotatable member includes a first rotatable member disposed to be opposed to a feeding surface in said third curved portion with a gap, and
wherein when the sheet is fed by said reversing roller with respect to the first direction, the first surface of the sheet is supported by contact of said first rotatable member, and then, when the sheet is fed by said reversing roller with respect to the second direction, said first rotatable member is rotated by contact of the first surface of the sheet with said first rotatable member.