Patent ID: 6769680
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A sheet feeding apparatus comprising:sheet supporting means for supporting a sheet; a driving rotary member driven and rotated by a driving source; a rocking member rockable with respect to said driving rotary member; a sheet feeding rotary member rotatably disposed on said rocking member and contactable with the sheet supported by said sheet supporting means; a following rotary member coupled with said sheet feeding rotary member on said rocking member; a winding and hanging member hung around said driving rotary member and said following rotary member; a separating slant surface disposed on a side of leading ends of sheets fed out by said sheet feeding rotary member for separating the sheets one by one; and rocking force generating means disposed on said rocking member for guiding a tensed side of said winding and hanging member on a side of said rocking force generating means opposite said sheet supporting means, wherein said rocking force generating means generates a rocking force which urges said rocking member toward said sheet supporting means by receiving a pressing force produced due to a tension of the tensed side so that said sheet feeding rotary member is urged toward said sheet supporting means, wherein a fulcrum of said rocking member is disposed on an upstream side of said sheet feeding rotary member.