Patent ID: 7778588

Claim:
A sheet feeding apparatus comprising: a first sheet feeding member to press a surface of a sheet stored in a sheet storing section for sending out the sheet; a second sheet feeding member arranged on a downstream side of the first sheet feeding member with respect to a sheet feeding direction to further convey the sheet from the first sheet feeding member downstream; and a first cleaning member rotatably supported in contact with both a circumference surface of the first feeding member and a circumference surface of the second feeding member to clean both the circumference surface of the first feeding member and the circumference surface of the second feeding member by rotation; a second cleaning member in contact with the first cleaning member to clean the first cleaning member; a third cleaning member in contact with the second cleaning member to clean the second cleaning member; and a shield member to shield a space above the first sheet feeding member, the second sheet feeding member, the first cleaning member and the second cleaning member; wherein an edge of the shield member contacts the second cleaning member with a pressure less than a pressure by which the third cleaning member contacts the second cleaning member.