Patent ID: 6296243
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
A sheet supply apparatus for supplying record sheets to an image forming apparatus, said sheet supply apparatus comprising:a sheet supply table for supporting the record sheets stacked thereon;sheet supply means provided above the sheet supply table and contacting a topmost one of the record sheets for supplying the one record sheet to the image forming apparatus during each period comprising a sheet supply executing time period for supplying the record sheet to the image forming apparatus and a sheet supply nonexecuting time period for not supplying the record sheet thereto;left and right movement instructing means for instructing to move the sheet supply table in a direction orthogonal to a transfer direction of the record sheet;left and right moving means for moving the sheet supply table in response to an instruction from the left and right movement instructing means; andcontrol means for executing a control of moving the sheet supply table when a sheet supply operation by the sheet supply means is stopped in the sheet supply nonexecuting time in the case in which the control means is instructed to move the sheet supply table by the left and right movement instructing means.