Patent ID: 8302952

Claim:
A sheet feeding apparatus comprising: a first feeding member that feeds a sheet along a predetermined feeding path; a second feeding member that further feeds the sheet along said feeding path, said second feeding member being provided on a downstream side of said first feeding member along said feeding path; a sheet guide for guiding the sheet, said sheet guide being provided between said first and second feeding members along said feeding path; a sheet holding member configured to face said sheet guide via said feeding path; a biasing member that biases said sheet holding member toward said sheet guide with a first biasing force, and a biasing assisting member that applies a second biasing force to said sheet holding member, the second biasing force being in accordance with a tension applied to the sheet that is fed between said first and second feeding members, said biasing assisting member pressing said sheet holding member against said sheet guide with the second biasing force so as to assist the first biasing force, wherein said biasing assisting member has an action portion that presses said sheet holding member when said biasing assisting member rotates in a first direction with respect to said sheet holding member, wherein said sheet holding member and said biasing assisting member are rotatable about the same axis, and wherein said biasing assisting member further comprises: a sheet facing surface that faces the sheet; and a contact portion that contacts said sheet holding member when said biasing assisting member rotates in a second direction opposite to said first direction with respect to said sheet holding member.