Patent ID: 9624057
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B65H,G03G

Claim:
1. A sheet feeder comprising: a sheet storage unit that stores a sheet, the sheet storage unit being loadable into an apparatus main body; a sheet feeding unit configured to feed the sheet from the sheet storage unit in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction in which the sheet storage unit is loaded into the apparatus main body; a conveying guide configured to guide the sheet fed in the second direction by the sheet feeding unit, the conveying guide including a first guide segment included in the apparatus main body and a second guide segment included in the sheet storage unit, the second guide segment being aligned with the first guide segment in the first direction while the sheet storage unit is loaded in the apparatus main body; and an edge guide member disposed at an upstream end of the first guide segment in the first direction, the edge guide member having a guide surface shaped to, when the sheet abuts the guide surface, generate reaction force including a directional force component acting upward and a directional force component acting in a direction opposite to the second direction.