Patent ID: 9561917
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: B65H

Claim:
1. A sheet feeding device comprising: a lifting plate on which sheets are to be stacked, in a sheet feeding cartridge; a pickup roller configured to feed the sheets in a conveying direction to a conveying path; a lifting and lowering mechanism configured to turn the lifting plate with its upstream side end in the conveying direction as a turning point so as to lift and lower its downstream side end in the conveying direction with respect to the pickup roller; and an end cursor configured to be movable along the conveying direction and to abut against an upstream side edge of the sheets in the conveying direction so as to align the sheets in the conveying direction, wherein the end cursor includes: wherein the turning cursor plate is configured to be turned toward the downstream side end in the conveying direction around the turning shaft by being pushed up with the lifting of the lifting plate while the turning shaft is moved upward so that at least one of the sheets is shifted toward the downstream side end along an upper surface of the lifting plate with respect to the lifting plate, wherein while the turning cursor plate is turned toward the downstream side end around the turning shaft by being pushed up with the lifting of the lifting plate, a lower end portion of the turning cursor plate moves in a downstream direction along the upper surface of the lifting plate so that the turning cursor plate is always kept in an upright standing posture perpendicular to the upper surface of the lifting plate.