Patent ID: 8042797
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet feeding apparatus, comprising: a sheet stacking portion that stores sheets and sheet bundles; a heated air blowing portion that blows heated air to the sheets stacked on the sheet stacking portion; a control device that changes a control condition of the heated air blown by the heated air blowing portion; a sheet bundle position detecting portion that detects a position of each sheet bundle which is added to a previously stacked sheet bundle on the sheet stacking portion; and a position storage portion that stores a position of each sheet bundle detected by the sheet bundle position detecting portion as position information, wherein the control device changes the control condition of the heated air blown by the heated air blowing portion based on a storage period of time in which each sheet bundle has been stored on the sheet stacking portion and the position information of each sheet bundle stored by the position storage portion.