Patent ID: 7549633

Claim:
A sheet feeding apparatus comprising: sheet accommodating means for accommodating a sheet, said sheet accommodating means being detachably mountable to said apparatus; feeding means for feeding the sheet from said sheet accommodating means; pressing means for pressing the sheet in said sheet accommodating means to bring the sheet into contact with said feeding means; a guiding member for contacting the sheet to guide the sheet in said sheet accommodating means such that the sheet accommodated in said sheet accommodating means is not contacting said feeding means when said sheet accommodating means is mounted to said apparatus; and moving means for moving said guiding member to bring the sheet into contact with said feeding means after said sheet accommodating means is mounted to said apparatus, wherein said feeding means is disposed below said sheet accommodating means, and when said sheet accommodating means is mounted, said guiding member guides the sheet in said sheet accommodating means such that the sheet accommodated in said sheet accommodating means moves above said feeding means.