Patent ID: 7364154
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet feeding device, comprising: a cassette chamber, having a slot; a cassette member, adapted to accommodate a sheet medium therein, and to be withdrawably inserted into the cassette chamber through the slot in a first direction; a pair of claw members, provided in the cassette member and adapted to cover at least a part of a top face of the sheet medium; a sheet feeding roller, adapted to feed the sheet medium to an image forming apparatus in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and disposed such that a part of the sheet feeding roller is capable of entering the cassette chamber; and slope faces, formed on both sides of the part of the sheet feeding roller relative to the first direction, and inclined in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, wherein one of the claw members which is located farther from the slot is formed with a piece member extending in the first direction while being inclined in the third direction.