Patent ID: 6213658
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
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;vertically moving means for vertically moving the sheet supply table;sheet supply means provided above the sheet supply table and contacting a topmost one of the record sheets for supplying the record sheets one by one from the one record sheet to the image forming apparatus;left and right movement instructing means for giving an instruction 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 downward by the vertically moving means when the left and right movement instructing means gives the instruction.