Patent ID: 11964841
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 13:
14. A printing apparatus, comprising:
a feeding roller that comes in contact with one of stacked printing media on a stacking unit and feeds the printing medium in a feeding direction;
a printing unit configured to perform printing on the printing medium fed by the feeding roller;
a support member that movably supports the feeding roller and includes an engagement portion;
an inclined portion that is arranged downstream of the feeding roller in the feeding direction, the inclined portion being inclined with respect to the stacking unit; and
a restriction member that is capable of coming in contact with the printing medium at a downstream side of the feeding roller in the feeding direction and includes a contact portion to be engaged with the engagement portion of the support member, wherein
the restriction member moves between a first position and a second position, the first position being set adjacent to a downstream region of the inclined portion in the feeding direction, the second position being set between the first position and the feeding roller with respect to the feeding direction,
wherein the engagement portion moves the restriction member according to a stacking amount of the printing media stacked in the stacking unit by engaging with the contact portion, and
wherein when the restriction member moves toward the first position by coming in contact with the printing medium fed by the feeding roller, engagement of the contact portion and the engagement portion is disengaged.