Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus with pressing portion

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9617110
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14306359

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To suppress the bending of sheets, a sheet conveying apparatus includes a sheet conveying portion including an abutting portion for abutting against an end portion of the sheet supported by a supporting portion and which conveys the sheet being abutted against the abutting portion by moving in a predetermined moving direction, and a pressing portion which is provided on the sheet conveying portion such that the pressing portion is movable in a thickness direction of the sheet and which presses the sheet toward the supporting portion. The pressing portion includes an inclined portion arranged to be closer to the supporting portion at an upstream side than a downstream side, and a contacting portion configured to contact a surface of the sheet being abutted against the abutting portion to press the sheet to the supporting portion at a position distant from the abutting portion.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Sekigawa, Akito Matsudo, JP 28 167

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