Patent ID: 9102489
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet feeding device, comprising: an apparatus body; a sheet feeding cassette capable of being mounted to and removed from the apparatus body along a specified mounting direction, the sheet feeding cassette provided with a sheet accommodating portion within which a sheet is accommodated; a sheet conveyance path which is disposed in the apparatus body and through which the sheet accommodated within the sheet accommodating portion is conveyed in a sheet conveyance direction extending along the mounting direction; a sheet feeding roller disposed at an inlet side of the sheet conveyance path so as to face the sheet accommodating portion, the sheet feeding roller rotationally driven to convey the sheet in the sheet conveyance direction; a retard roller disposed so as to face the sheet feeding roller, the retard roller configured to make contact with the sheet feeding roller to form a sheet feeding nip, through which the sheet passes, between the sheet feeding roller and the retard roller; a lock mechanism disposed in the sheet feeding cassette and the apparatus body, the lock mechanism configured to lock drawing-out of the sheet feeding cassette from the apparatus body or release the lock; and a separator configured to move the retard roller away from the sheet feeding roller prior to or simultaneously with the lock being released by the lock mechanism.