Patent ID: 9527685
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: B65H

Claim Text:
1. A feeding apparatus for feeding a sheet, the feeding apparatus comprising: a stacking member configured to stack a sheet; a feed roller configured to feed the sheet stacked on the stacking member, wherein the feed roller is movable in a vertical direction; a contact member including a sheet contact portion configured to make contact with the sheet stacked on the stacking member, wherein the contact member is movable in a vertical direction; and a lifting unit configured to lift up the stacking member, wherein the lifting unit is configured to stop lifting up of the stacking member as the sheet contact portion is pressed to lift up by the sheet stacked on the stacking member, wherein the feed roller is pressed to move upward by the sheet stacked on the stacking member while the lifting unit lifts up the stacking member, and wherein at least a part of the sheet contact portion is arranged downstream of the feed roller in a feeding direction of the sheet by the feed roller, and between one end and the other end of the feed roller in a width direction intersecting with the feeding direction of the sheet by the feed roller.