Patent ID: 8899575
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet feeding device which feeds a plurality of stacked sheets one by one, comprising: a sheet feeding roller which comes in contact with an uppermost sheet of the stacked sheets, and rotates to feed the uppermost sheet; an inclined member including an inclined surface which is positioned downstream of the stacked sheets in a feeding direction of the sheets, and against which the fed sheet abuts; a separating member configured to separate the sheet fed by sheet feeding roller; a plurality of link members, one end portion of each link member attached to the separating member and another end portion attached to a body of the sheet feeding device so that the separating member is movable between a projecting position projecting from the inclined surface and a retracted position retracted from the projecting position; and an elastic member configured to press the separating member toward the projecting position, wherein the separating member is moved toward the retracted position according to force received from the sheet fed by the sheet feeding roller.