Patent ID: 8353507

Claim:
A sheet feeding device comprising: a stacking section configured to stack sheets thereat; a sheet feeding section configured to feed the sheet stacked at the stacking section; a sensor configured to detect the sheet stacked on the stacking section; an adjusting section configured to adjust a height of the sheets stacked at the stacking section by lifting the stacking section on the basis of a detection result of the sensor; and a control section configured to control the adjusting section to lift the stacking section by a predetermined amount and thereafter control the sheet feeding section to perform an operation to feed the sheet again, in a case where the sheet is not fed even if the sheet feeding section performs the operation to feed the sheet, wherein the control section sets a number of times for the adjusting section to lift the stacking section by the predetermined amount, and wherein the predetermined amount corresponds to an amount that is in accordance with a state of the sheets that are stacked at the stacking section, and is greater than an amount by which the stacking section is lifted on the basis of the detection result of the sensor.