Patent ID: 8424868

Claim:
A sheet supplying apparatus, comprising: a sheet-supply tray comprising a first engageable portion and a sheet-support surface configured to support a plurality of sheets thereon; and a housing comprising a second engageable portion, wherein the first engageable portion and the second engageable portion are configured such that, in a state in which the sheet-supply tray is inserted in the housing, the second engageable portion of the housing restricts the first engageable portion of the sheet-supply tray from moving in a tray widthwise direction, which is parallel to the sheet-support surface of the sheet-supply tray and is perpendicular to an insertion direction in which the sheet-supply tray is inserted into the housing, wherein the sheet-supply tray further comprises an inclined surface disposed at a downstream end portion of the sheet-supply tray in the insertion direction, the inclined surface being inclined at a predetermined obtuse angle relative to the sheet-support surface and configured to receive edges of the sheets supported on the sheet-support surface, and wherein, in the insertion direction, at least a portion of the first engageable portion is located downstream of an upstream end of the inclined surface and upstream of a downstream end of the inclined surface.