ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,171, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus" was invented by Hiroki Tokunaga (Kanagawa, Japan) and Misaki Shiozawa (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet feeding apparatus includes a support portion; a feed unit; an air blowing unit including an air blowing portion, a first air outlet, and a second air outlet; and a control unit, wherein the first air outlet is disposed to blow the air in a case where the sheet is a first sheet or a second sheet shorter than the first sheet, wherein the second air outlet is disposed to blow the air in a case where the sh...