Patent ID: 9033334
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet feeding apparatus comprising: a stacking portion on which a sheet is stacked; a feeding portion configured to feed the sheet stacked on the stacking portion; a separation roller configured to separate the sheet fed by the feeding portion; a shaft configured to support the separation roller; a torque limiter configured to connect the shaft and the separation roller; a supporting unit configured to support the shaft, wherein a rotation of the shaft with respect to the supporting unit is restricted, and the supporting unit includes a first supporting portion configured to support one end of the shaft, a second supporting portion configured to support an other end of the shaft, and a connecting portion configured to connect the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion; a first abutting portion to which a first abutted portion provided on the first supporting portion abuts; a second abutting portion to which a second abutted portion provided on the second supporting portion abuts; and a third abutting portion provided between the first abutting portion and the second abutting portion in the axial direction of the shaft, and to which a third abutted portion provided on the connecting portion abuts, the third abutting portion being positioned at an other side of the connecting portion from the first abutting portion and the second abutting portion.