Patent ID: 8387979

Claim:
A sheet feeding apparatus, comprising: a driving roller that is rotated by a predetermined driving source; a driven roller that rotates in response to movement of said driving roller, said driven roller being placed opposite said driving roller and having contact with a roller surface of said driving roller; a pressing member that presses a roller surface of said driven roller toward said roller surface of driving roller at a predetermined pressure; and a driven roller holding member that includes an opening being elongated in a direction parallel to a tangential direction at a contact point between said driven roller and said driving roller or between said driven roller and a sheet, on a circle forming said roller surface of said driven roller, wherein said opening holds a rotating shaft of said driven roller, and said driven roller holding member holds said driven roller so that said driven roller is reciprocably movable within a predetermined range in said direction parallel to said tangential direction, and said pressing member applies a predetermined pressure to said driven roller in a direction where said driving roller is arranged, by using a spring member, one end of which is fixed to said driven roller holding member.