Patent ID: 7614622

Claim:
A sheet feeding apparatus comprising: a feed roller having a cut-away portion on its outer circumference, the outer circumference of the feed roller being in frictional contact with a top surface of a sheet stack to apply a feeding force on a sheet; a pad member that is in pressure contact with said feed roller and that separates sheets between itself and the feed roller; a roller portion having a shape smaller than the outer diameter of said feed roller and protruding outwardly beyond said cut-away portion, said roller portion coming in contact with said pad member or the sheet to be fed when said cut-away portion of the feed roller is opposed to said pad member; and vibration suppression means having a damping property for suppressing a vibration of the roller portion that may occur by a vibration of the sheet during sheet feeding, said vibration suppression means fixed on a side surface of said roller portion without contacting with said pad member.