Patent ID: 9010748
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet feeding apparatus, comprising: an apparatus body; a sheet storage case configured for pulling out from the apparatus body; a rotating supporting member which is provided in the sheet storage case to support the sheet storage case for movement in a pull-out direction by contacting with a lower support surface while the sheet storage case is pulled out from the apparatus body; an engaging portion which is provided at a rear side in the pull-out direction of the sheet storage case; a guiding portion which is provided in the apparatus body to guide the engaging portion in the pull-out direction; a first stopper provided on said guiding portion, which is engageable with the engaging portion to regulate a pull-out of the sheet storage case from the apparatus body when the sheet storage case is moved in the pull-out direction; and a second stopper provided at the rear side of said guiding portion in the pull-out direction relative to the first stopper and at a front side in the pull-out direction from a position of the engaging portion when a rotation of the sheet storage case by its own weight is started while pulling out of the sheet storage case, and is engageable with the engaging portion to regulate a movement in the pull-out direction of the sheet storage case, wherein in a case that the sheet storage case is rotated downward at an angle less than a predetermined angle in the middle of pulling out of the sheet storage case while the rotating supporting member contacts with the lower support surface to support the sheet storage case, the second stopper is not engaged with the engaging portion and the first stopper is engaged with the engaging portion, and in a case that the sheet storage case is rotated downward at least at the predetermined angle, the second stopper is engaged with the engaging portion to regulate a pull-out of the sheet storage case.