Patent ID: 8132809

Claim:
A feeder that stores a sheet used to form an image in an image forming apparatus main body and that is configured to be drawn out from the image forming apparatus main body in a perpendicular direction to a sheet conveying direction, the feeder comprising: a separation member that is in press-contact with a sheet feed member disposed in the image forming apparatus main body for separating a stored sheet in cooperation with the sheet feed member; an arm part that is attached to the separation member, the separation member being rotatably attached through the arm part; and a rotation mechanism that rotates the separation member downward through the arm part and releases the press contact with the sheet feed member when the feeder is drawn out from the image forming apparatus main body, wherein the rotation mechanism includes: a rotation component that rotates by abutting against a projection part provided in the image forming apparatus main body; and a transmission component that transmits the rotation of the rotation component to the arm part for rotating the separation member downward, and wherein, while the rotation component rotates by the projection part, the rotation mechanism rotates the separation member downward through the arm part and releases the press contact with the sheet feed member when the feeder is drawn out from the image forming apparatus main body.