Patent ID: 8047534

Claim:
A sheet accommodating device comprising: a tray configured to accommodate a sheet; and a pressing member configured to press the sheet accommodated in the tray, wherein the pressing member includes a guide portion configured to guide, where the sheet accommodated in the tray is transferred, the transferred sheet toward a downstream side in a sheet transferring direction in which the sheet is transferred, wherein the sheet accommodating device further comprises a tray cover configured to open and close an opening of the tray, wherein the pressing member is attached to the tray cover and configured to press the sheet accommodated in the tray in a state in which the opening is closed by the tray cover, wherein the guide portion is configured to guide, where the sheet accommodated in the tray is transferred in the state in which the opening is closed by the tray cover, the transferred sheet toward the downstream side in the sheet transferring direction, wherein the tray cover is configured to be pivotable between (i) an open position at which the tray cover opens the opening and (ii) a close position at which the tray cover closes the opening, about a first pivotal axis that is located on a downstream side of the tray cover in the sheet transferring direction, wherein the pressing member extends on a downstream side of the first pivotal axis in the sheet transferring direction, wherein, while the tray cover is moved from the closed position to the open position, the pressing member translates from a pressing position at which the pressing member presses the sheet accommodated in the tray, to a distant position at which the pressing member is distant from the sheet accommodated in the tray, and wherein the pressing member is configured to rotate relative to the tray cover about a second pivotal axis disposed on the tray cover.