Sheet feeding apparatus

Abstract

A sheet feeding apparatus, including a sheet loading portion on which a plurality of sheets are loaded, a sheet take-in portion to take in the sheet loaded on the sheet loading portion, a first mechanism to displace between a first sheet and a second sheet in the sheets which are taken in from the sheet take-in portion and are overlapping up and down, and a second mechanism to sandwich and convey the first sheet displaced by the first mechanism to a following process.

1 . A sheet feeding apparatus, comprising:
 a sheet loading portion on which a plurality of sheets are loaded;   a sheet take-in portion to take in the sheet loaded on the sheet loading portion;   a first mechanism to displace between a first sheet and a second sheet in the sheets which are taken in from the sheet take-in portion and are overlapping up and down; and   a second mechanism to sandwich and convey the first sheet displaced by the first mechanism to a following process.   
     
     
         2 . A sheet feeding apparatus, comprising:
 a sheet loading portion on which a plurality of sheets are loaded;   a sheet take-in portion with a roller provided above the sheet loading portion to take in the sheet into the apparatus by a friction force of the roller contacting a surface of the sheet loaded on the sheet loading portion by rotating the roller in a first direction;   a belt with a slope portion to contact a lower side second sheet in case that a first sheet and the second sheet are taken in from the sheet take-in portion and are overlapping up and down, to displace the first sheet from the second sheet by rotating in a second direction which is an adverse direction of the first direction to take in the sheet; and   a conveying mechanism to convey the displaced first sheet.   
     
     
         3 . The sheet feeding apparatus as recited in  claim 2 , wherein:
 the sheet loading portion loads a plurality of the sheets with a slope.