Patent ID: 6993268

Claim:
A sheet feed device comprising a door for supporting one of the rollers of a feed roller pair for feeding a sheet, mounted on an apparatus main body so as to be opened or closed such that the one roller is pressured against the other roller of the feed roller pair provided in the apparatus main body at the time the door is closed, comprising: an outer door supported rotatably by a rotation axis provided on one side of the feed roller pair and a back side of the apparatus main body; an inner door for supporting one of the rollers of the feed roller pair, supported rotatably with respect to the outer door; wherein the one roller of the feed roller pair is separated from the other roller by substantial parallel movement until the outer door is opened at a prescribed angle, and after the outer door is opened at the prescribed angle the inner door is rotated while maintaining a constant angle with respect to the outer door in connection with the rotation of the outer door.