Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16864347Application Date: 2020-05-01
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Publication No.: US11643289B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Nakagawa
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JP 2019089433 2019.05.10
- Main IPC: B65H3/52
- IPC: B65H3/52 ; B65H3/06

Abstract:
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a swing shaft to swingably support a support member, an urging member to urge a rotary separation member toward a rotary feeding member, a frame member including a first support portion to fix a first end portion of the swing shaft and a second support portion to movably support a second end portion of the swing shaft, and an adjustment mechanism having an extended opening formed in the second support portion and a fixing member configured to fix the second end portion of the swing shaft to a frame member through the extended opening. The extended opening is extended in a vertical direction and the second end portion of the swing shaft can be fixed at a plurality of positions which vary in the vertical direction to the second support portion with the fixing member.
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