Patent ID: 6659450
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A sheet feeding apparatus for separating and feeding sheets one by one, comprising:at least one frame having a wall surface; a sheet stacking tray mounted to said frame for stacking the sheets so that leading edges of the sheets on the stacking tray abut against the wall surface in a sheet feeding direction; a paper feed rotating member for feeding the sheets disposed at a downstream side of said stacking tray in the sheet feeding direction; a separating member pressed against said paper feed rotating member for preventing more than one sheet from passing therethrough; urging means for pressing said separating member to the paper feed rotating member; a guide member having an inclined surface for shifting the leading edges of the sheets and disposed to face the stacking tray in the sheet feeding direction, at least a part of said guide member being made of a material with a coefficient of friction higher than that of the wall surface of the frame; and a holder member mounted with the separating member and the guide member so that the separating member, the guide member and the holder member form a separating unit freely detachably fastened with fastening means to the frame.