Patent ID: 6102595
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
A sheet supply apparatus comprising:a sheet conveyance surface for inserting a sheet thereon;an inclined feeding correcting device for conveying a sheet on said sheet conveyance surface and correcting inclined feeding of the sheet;a plurality of sensors for detecting the presence or the absence of a sheet on said sheet conveyance surface beyond the inclined feeding correcting device in the sheet conveyance direction and in the direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction;said inclined feeding correcting device including a shaft arranged rotatably above said sheet conveyance surface, a plurality of protrusions formed on said shaft in an axially spaced relationship and at circumferentially different phases and a rotating unit for rotating said shaft, whereby a sheet is conveyed by said protrusions along said sheet conveyance surface toward a transverse member extending in the direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction, so as to cause said sheet to abut against said transverse member to thereby correct inclined feeding of the sheet; andsaid sensors being arranged on a line parallel to said shaft in a spaced relationship.