Patent ID: 7469889

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming section; and a sheet feed apparatus aligned to feed a sheet to the image forming section and comprising a sheet feed roller configured to be in pressing contact with an uppermost sheet of a plurality of sheets, and a tilt member opposing the sheet feed roller, said tilt member including a tilt member contact body including a contact face in direct contact with the sheet feed roller, a tilt face configured to be in contact with an edge of the uppermost sheet, a back face, a bottom face, and a front face, the contact face extending from the back face to the tilt face, the tilt face extending from the contact face to the front face, the back face extending from the contact face to the bottom face, the back face being directly connected to the contact face, and the tilt member contact body is made of a first material consisting of one of aluminum (Al), poly-ether-ether-ketone (PEEK), polyimide (PI), and an alloy that contains polyimide (PAI); and a tilt member support body made of a second material different from the first material, said second material consisting of one of an ABS resin, polyacetal (POM), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), and polycarbonate (PC), wherein said tilt member support body includes a support face and a top face that extends substantially perpendicular to the support face, and wherein the back face of said tilt member contact body directly contacts the support face of the tilt member support body.