Patent ID: 9540192
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: B65H

Claim:
1. A sheet feeding apparatus comprising: a conveying roller configured to convey a sheet; a separation roller configured to come into pressure contact with the conveying roller; a conveying roller shaft to which the conveying roller is attached; a separation roller shaft supported in a cantilever condition and to which the separation roller is attached through a torque limiter; a driving source configured to drive the conveying roller; a shaft holding portion configured to hold the separation roller shaft; a swing support shaft mounted on the shaft holding portion in parallel with the separation roller shaft and swingably supporting the separation roller shaft; and an elastically deformable bearing portion supporting the swing support shaft, wherein the bearing portion supports the swing support shaft such that the separation roller shaft is inclined with respect to the conveying roller shaft so that a first end portion of the separation roller shaft, to which the separation roller is attached, is positioned on an upstream side in a sheet conveying direction of a second end portion of the separation roller shaft, and wherein the bearing portion is elastically deformed such that the separation roller shaft is substantially parallel with the conveying roller shaft in a state in which the separation roller receives a force from the conveying roller driven by the driving source.