Patent ID: 8417174
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A sheet feeding device for feeding a sheet of recording medium from a top of a stack of recording medium sheets, comprising: a sheet feed cassette including an opening at the top thereof to accommodate the recording medium sheets; a bottom plate disposed at the bottom of the sheet feed cassette, hinged at a trailing edge thereof in a sheet feed direction, a tip portion of the bottom plate in the sheet feed direction vertically rotatable about the hinged end; and an end wall mechanism to align the trailing edge of the recording medium sheet in the sheet feed direction, the end wall mechanism including: wherein the first pressing member and the second pressing member constitute independent members, and wherein when the second pressing member is at a lower position, the first pressing member retracts to a position at which the first pressing member does not press the trailing edge of the recording medium sheet relative to the pressure of the first urging member.