Patent ID: 9738468
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B65H

Claim:
1. A sheet feeding apparatus comprising: a stacking unit on which a sheet is to be stacked; a feed unit configured to assume a contact state in which the feed unit is in contact with a sheet stacked on the stacking unit and a noncontact state in which the feed unit is out of contact with a sheet stacked on the stacking unit, wherein the feeding unit turns into the noncontact state after the feeding unit feeds a sheet in the contact state; a conveyance unit arranged downstream of the feed unit in a sheet feed direction and configured to convey a sheet fed by the feed unit; a drive unit configured to drive the feed unit and the conveyance unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a drive force of the drive unit to the conveyance unit so that the conveyance unit conveys a sheet at a first conveying speed when the feed unit is in the contact state, and that the conveyance unit conveys a sheet at a second conveying speed which is higher than the first conveying speed when the feed unit is in the noncontact state.