Patent ID: 7147218
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A sheet feeding apparatus for containing sheets in an inside thereof, comprising: a first cover and a second cover provided in an apparatus main body so as to be openable and closable; a detecting sensor, which is fixedly provided in the apparatus main body, for detecting an opening or a closing of the first cover; and a member which rotates following an opening or closing operation of one of the first cover and the second cover and turns ON or OFF the detecting sensor to cause the detecting sensor to detect the opening or the closing of the first cover, wherein the member is movable to a first rotating position where the detecting sensor detects the closing of the first cover and a second rotating position where the detecting sensor does not detect the closing of the first cover, and in the case in which the second cover is closed, the member rotates from the first rotating position to the second rotating position according to the opening of the first cover and rotates from the second rotating position to the first rotating position according to the closing of the first cover, wherein in the case in which the first cover is opened, the member rotates from the second rotating position to a third rotating position where the detecting sensor does not detect the closing of the first cover according to the opening of the second cover and rotates from the third rotating position to the second rotating position according to the closing of the second cover, even if the first cover is closed when the member is in the third rotating position, the member does not rotate to the first rotating position.