Sheet feeding apparatus having the ability to retract the sheet supply
US5201873A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 2, 1991 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 2, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H3/0669
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A sheet feeding apparatus with a sheet containing tray adapted to support a plurality of sheets and being shiftable between a sheet supplying position and a waiting position, a sheet supply roller for feeding out the sheet supported by the sheet containing tray at the sheet supplying position, a driving force transmitting device connected to the sheet supply roller and adapted to transmit a driving force from a drive source, and a holding device connected to the driving force transmitting device so that the sheet containing tray is shifted to the sheet supplying position by the driving force transmitted to the sheet supply roller and capable of holding the sheet containing tray at the sheet supplying position while the plurality of sheets are being supplied by the sheet supply roller.
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