Patent ID: 8973914
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet-supply device for an image forming apparatus, comprising: a sheet holding portion having a sheet holding surface on which a plurality of sheets are to be held; two side guides which guide two widthwise opposite sides of each of the plurality of sheets, respectively; a sheet feeder configured to feed the sheets held on the sheet holding surface; a support member including a plurality of first engaging portions; and a sheet-separation unit detachably attached to the support member, the sheet-separation unit including: wherein the sheet-separation unit has an opening between the inclined surfaces and the separator protrudes relative to the inclined surfaces through the opening, and wherein the sheet-separation unit is disposed downstream of the sheet holding surface in the sheet-feed direction and extends, in a widthwise direction of the plurality of sheets that is perpendicular to the sheet-feed direction, at least a distance between a first position corresponding to a first of the two side guides and a second position corresponding to a second of the two side guides.