ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,160, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus" was invented by Ichiro Fukada (Shizuoka, Japan) and Shunsuke Okazaki (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet supporting portion movable between a sheet supporting position and a first storage position. A sheet feed unit includes a sheet feed portion to feed the supported sheet, and an abutment member regulates movement of the sheet in a sheet feed direction by abutting against a downstream end of the sheet. An engagement member turns into an engagement state and a release...