Patent ID: 7364150
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet feeding apparatus comprising: a sheet tray supporting a plurality of sheets; a sheet feeding device that feeds out the sheets stacked in said sheet tray; an air blowing device that blows air toward the sheets stacked in said sheet tray; a heating member, disposed between said sheet tray and sheets to be stacked therein, that generates heat to heat air and is arranged so as to also apply the heat to the plurality of sheets on said sheet tray; and an air duct disposed on a side opposite to said heating member with respect to said sheet tray and connected to said air blowing device to guide the air heated by said heating member to said air blowing device, wherein the air in said air duct heated by heat conducted via said sheet tray from said heating member is blown toward the sheets stacked in said sheet tray by said air blowing device.