Patent ID: 9625866
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an apparatus body; a sheet container detachably attachable to the apparatus body, the sheet container accommodating recording media therein; an image forming part to form an image on each of the recording media accommodated in the sheet container; a sheet separating part to separate the recording media one by one from the sheet container and feed the recording medium toward the image forming part, the sheet separating part comprising a sheet feeding roller that has a rotary shaft and rotates about the rotary shaft thereof and a sheet separating body that has a rotary shaft, is held within the sheet container, the sheet separating body being a sheet separating roller that is detachably attachable to the apparatus body together with the sheet container, the sheet separating body rotating in contact with the sheet feeding roller and forming a sheet separation nip with the sheet feeding roller; a sheet containing unit included in the sheet container to contain the recording media therein; and a sheet separating body storing unit included in the sheet container and disposed at one end of the sheet containing unit to store the sheet separating body therein, the sheet container being pulled out from the apparatus body in a direction that is perpendicular to an axial direction of rotation of the sheet separating roller by moving the sheet container along with the sheet separating body such that the sheet separating body is separated from the sheet feeding roller, wherein the sheet separating body storing unit includes a containing device that integrally contains the sheet separating roller and wherein the containing device comprises a sheet contact part that houses the sheet separating body, the sheet contact part including