Patent ID: 7140606
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet feeding apparatus for feeding sheets, comprising: sheet stacking means for supporting sheets; sheet feeding means for feeding sheets stacked on said sheet stacking means; blowing means for blowing air on an end portion of a sheet sheaf stacked on said sheet stacking means; temperature and humidity detection means for detecting temperature and humidity in the neighborhood of said sheet stacking means; control means for controlling said blowing means to perform a blowing operation before a sheet feeding operation of said sheet feeding means is started; and a control table of blowing time in which data of blowing time period of the blowing means corresponding to the temperature and humidity has been stored; wherein said control means calls out data of the blowing time period from said control table of blowing time on the basis of temperature and humidity information from said temperature and humidity detection means and controls said blowing means to perform the blowing operation before the sheet feeding operation during the blowing time period called from the control table.