ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,682, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Sheet feeding apparatus" was invented by Kaname Yamada (Chiba, Japan) and Takayuki Fukushima (Ibaraki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet feeding apparatus includes a supporting unit, a sheet feeding unit, a separation unit, a moving member, a first sensor, and a control unit. The moving member is configured to move by being pushed by the sheet supported by the supporting unit. The first sensor is configured to detect the sheet based on a position of the moving member. The second sensor is configured to detect the sheet at a position downstream of the separation u...