Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus and a sheet processing apparatus is provided, in which there are provided in an edge area of an opening 16 a guide groove 12b for guiding insertion of a separating pad unit 18 into the opening 16 from the side on which a sheet feeding roller 6 is disposed and a rotation regulating groove 15c for regulating a rotation regulating fitting shaped portion 15a provided in the separating pad unit 18 to be guided by the guiding groove 12b to be inserted in the opening 16 to locate the separating pad unit 18 in a position in the opening 16 where the separating pad unit 18 should be accommodated, whereby a sheet feeding apparatus and a sheet processing apparatus with improvement of usability as well as improvement of sheet feeding performance are realized.

Abstract: A card cassette of the present invention comprises an outer box 1, an inner box 2, a shutter 3 which is pivotably provided in the inner box and is urged by a pair of shutter springs 6, a pair of slide guide members 4, a pair of slide springs 5 for urging the slide guide members. A pair of pins 11 are fixed on a table on which the card cassette is to be set. As soon as the card cassette is mounted on the table, the pins will be inserted through a pair of pin holes 8 of the outer box so that each pin can engage into a notch 4a of a slide guide member. In this way, each slide guide member is caused to slide in a direction shown by an arrow in the drawings against an acting force of each slide spring. As a result, since an inclined surface 4b of each slide guide member is released from the shutter, the shutter will be opened by virtue of each shutter spring.

Abstract: The invention apparatus comprises a duct that supplies balls to a lateral outlet tube. The outlet tube feeds laterally to a sealant applicator nozzle. An impact plunger pushes the balls successively into sealant in the applicator nozzle. The nozzle extrudes sealant containing balls as spacers, useful in bonding two flat elements, spaced apart by the balls.