Patent ID: 6082728
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A sheet feeding apparatus comprising:sheet supporting means for supporting a plurality of sheets;sheet absorb means for absorbing an uppermost sheet of the sheets supported by said sheet supporting means under the action of air suction;convey means for conveying the sheet absorbed by said sheet absorb means;contact preventing air blowing means for discharging air between the sheet absorbed by said sheet absorb means and a next sheet so that the next sheet is not conveyed by said convey means while the sheet absorbed by said sheet absorb means is conveyed by said convey means;air adjusting means for adjusting an amount of air discharged from said contact preventing air blowing means; andcontrol means for controlling said air adjusting means so that the amount of the air discharged from said contact preventing air blowing means between the sheet conveyed by said convey means and the next sheet is increased before a trailing end of said conveyed sheet reaches said sheet absorb means, and the amount of the discharged air is decreased after said convey means stopped.