Patent ID: 9061846
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet; a sheet stacking unit on which sheets are stacked; a sheet feeding unit configured to feed the sheets stacked on the sheet stacking unit; a separation unit held in press contact with the sheet feeding unit and configured to separate the sheets fed from the sheet feeding unit; a registration unit, which is arranged on a downstream in a sheet feeding direction with respect to a press contact portion where the sheet feeding unit and the separation unit are held in press contact with each other, configured to abut, while being at rest, against the leading edge of the sheet which is conveyed while being nipped by the sheet feeding unit and the separation unit, and to convey the sheet to the image forming unit by rotating at a predetermined timing; and an elastic member provided so as to extend from an upstream to a downstream with respect to the press contact portion in the sheet feeding direction and to be positioned at the separation unit side with respect to a tangential line of the press contact portion, which is formed in a plate shape capable of elastic deformation and configured to abut against the sheet, wherein the elastic member is inclined so that an upstream side in the sheet feeding direction thereof is positioned at the separation unit side with respect to the tangential line and a downstream side in the sheet feeding direction thereof is positioned at the sheet feeding unit side with respect to the tangential line.