Patent ID: 8811857
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A sheet feeding device, comprising: a housing; a first feeding path extending in a vertical direction within the housing and on which a sheet is fed; a second feeding path extending in the vertical direction within the housing and in which a lower end thereof is connected to an upper end of the first feeding path and on which a sheet is fed; a first cover an upper side of which is openable/closable relative to the housing with a lower side as a fulcrum, and, in an open state, exposes the first feeding path outside of the housing; a second cover an upper side of which is openable/closable relative to the housing with a lower side as a fulcrum, and, in an open state, exposes the second feeding path outside of the housing; and a restricting part that restricts an opening angle of the second cover, wherein when both the first cover and the second cover are in the open state, the first cover and the second cover are respectively in the open state relative to the housing in a mode where a second opening angle of the second cover relative to the housing is smaller than a first opening angle of the first cover relative to the housing and when the first cover is in a closed state, the second cover is in the open state relative to the housing at a third opening angle that is greater than the second opening angle, and the restricting part restricts the opening angle of the second cover to the second opening angle or the third opening angle in conjunction with a state changing operation between the open state and the closed state of the first cover.