Patent ID: 7270323

Claim:
A sheet supplying/feeding device comprising: a sheet placing plate that receives at least a tip of a sheet; a feeding unit that feeds the sheet while being in contact with the sheet placed on the sheet placing plate; and a driving unit that drives the feeding unit, wherein one cam member is provided at each end of a rotating shaft of the feeding unit; displacement changing members are swingably provided in engagement with the cam members; the sheet placing plate is shifted by a swing of the displacement changing members through first elastic members; and the sheet placed on the sheet placing plate and the feeding unit come into contact with each other and are separated by the synchronism by synchronous movement of the feeding unit and the sheet placing plate, each of the displacement changing members includes a first member and a second member, each first member comes into contact with and separates from the corresponding cam member as the corresponding cam member rotates, and each second member engages with the corresponding first elastic member.