Patent ID: 11932510
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 feed rotary member configured to feed the sheet supported by the sheet supporting portion;
a conveyance rotary member configured to convey the sheet fed by the feed rotary member;
a curved conveyance path that is curved upwardly and through which the sheet fed by the feed rotary member passes;
an upper conveyance path disposed above the sheet supporting portion to pass a sheet through and feeds the sheet to the curved conveyance path;
a first shaft;
a first driven rotary member rotatably supported by the first shaft and disposed inside of the curved conveyance path in a curved direction thereof, the first driven rotary member being driven to rotate by the sheet passing though the curved conveyance path;
a second shaft arranged spaced from the first shaft; and
a second driven rotary member rotatably supported by the second shaft and disposed on a side opposite to the first driven rotary member across the conveyance rotary member in a rotation axial direction of the feed rotary member, the second driven rotary member being configured to be driven by the sheet passing through the curved conveyance path,
wherein each of the first and second driven rotary members is separated from the conveyance rotary member in the rotation axial direction.