| US 7,611,142 B2 | ||
| Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped therewith | ||
| Hideki Kawashima, Kawasaki (Japan); and Hitoshi Nishitani, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 03, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/695,954. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-105766 (JP), filed on Apr. 07, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0235920 A1, Oct. 11, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B65H 7/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 271—228 [271/251; 271/248] | 9 Claims |
| 1. A sheet feeding apparatus comprising:
a regulating member for regulating a widthwise position of the sheet by being abutted by a lateral edge of the sheet;
attitude changing means for changing an attitude of the sheet;
inclined feeding means for correcting an inclination of the sheet by feeding the sheet with inclination in a direction of
abutting the lateral edge of the sheet to said regulating member;
moving means for moving said regulating member and said inclined feeding means between respective correcting positions for
correcting an inclination of the sheet and respective retracted positions in which said regulating member and said inclined
feed means do not contact the sheet,
wherein, in a state in which said regulating member and said inclined feeding means are in their respective retracted positions,
said attitude changing means changes the attitude of the sheet inclinedly such that a trailing edge of the sheet is offset
toward said regulating member, and thereafter, said moving means moves said regulating member and said inclined feeding means
to their respective correcting positions to correct the inclination of the sheet by abutting a lateral edge of the inclined
sheet to said regulating member.
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