ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,310, issued on May 26, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus" was invented by Hiroyuki Nakagawa (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet feeding apparatus includes a supporting portion configured to support sheets, a feeding member configured to feed the sheets, an air blower unit configured to blow air to separate the sheets, and a side end regulating member including a regulating surface, an air outlet port through which the air from the air blower unit is blown out, a first restriction member movable to a protruding position and to a retracting position, and a second re...