Patent ID: 9346637
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: B41J,B65H

Claim Text:
1. A feed apparatus configured to feed a sheet, comprising: a support unit having a support surface configured to support the sheet; a feed roller configured to feed the sheet supported by the support surface in a feed direction; a first arm configured to rotatably support the feed roller at one end of the first arm, the first arm being swingable by using the other end of the first arm as a swing shaft; a recess portion provided on the support surface; and a second arm having one end positioned on an upstream side of the other end of the second arm in the feed direction, having a distance between the one end of the second arm and the support surface which is greater than a distance between the other end of the second arm and the support surface, and configured to be swingable with a side of the one end of the second arm as a swing shaft, between a first position at which the other end of the second arm is in the recess portion and a second position at which the other end of the second arm is outside the recess portion; a biasing member configured to bias the second arm toward the first position; an operation lever provided in the first arm; and an engagement portion provided in the first arm and configured to abut against the second arm from a side of the support surface so as to be engaged therewith, wherein the engagement portion is configured to be separated from the second arm at the first position in a case that the feed roller abuts against the support surface; the engagement portion is configured to be engaged with the second arm in a case that the first arm swings in a direction in which the feed roller is separated from the support surface; and the second arm is configured to swing from the first position to the second position in conjunction with swing of the first arm in a direction in which the feed roller is further away from the support surface.