Patent ID: 8662494

Claim:
A recording medium feeding device, comprising: a lower stage side tray which stores a recording medium; an upper stage side tray which is provided above the lower stage side tray and stores the recording medium; a first separation inclined surface which is an inclined surface which rises from a position of a bottom surface of at least the lower stage side tray, extends up to above a position of a bottom surface of the upper stage side tray, and thus, is opposite to a tip of the recording medium which is stored in the lower stage side tray and the upper stage side tray, and applies a separation operation with respect to the tip of the recording medium; and a second separation inclined surface which is an inclined surface which rises from the position of the bottom surface of at least the lower stage side tray, in which a trailing end of the second separation inclined surface is positioned below the bottom surface of the upper stage side tray, and thus, which is opposite to the tip of the recording medium which is stored in the lower stage side tray without being opposite to the tip of the recording medium which is stored in the upper stage side tray and applies a separation operation with respect to the tip of the recording medium.