Patent ID: 9302865
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: B65H

Claim Text:
1. A sheet feeding apparatus comprising: a sheet stacking portion on which sheets are stacked; a sheet feeding unit configured to feed the sheet in a sheet feeding direction stacked on the sheet stacking portion; and a slope portion arranged downstream of the sheet stacking portion in a feeding direction of the sheet, the sheet fed by the sheet feeding unit being bent when contacting the slope portion, the slope portion comprises a first contact portion to which the sheet fed by the sheet feeding unit contacts and a second contact portion arranged downstream of the first contact portion in the feeding direction of the sheet and to which the sheet fed by the sheet feeding unit contacts, and an operation member movable between a first position and a second position, configured to be directly operated by user and which is directly fixed to the first contact portion, wherein in a case where user positions the operation member at the first position, a leading edge of the sheet fed by the feeding unit contacts the first contact portion and does not contact the second contact portion, and in a case where user positions the operation member at the second position, a leading edge of the sheet fed by the feeding unit contacts the second contact portion.