Patent ID: 8708331

Claim:
A sheet supplying apparatus comprising: a feed roller configured to feed a recording sheet; a sheet receiving plate configured to receive the recording sheet on a sheet receiving surface and pivot between a nearby position where the sheet receiving plate is disposed near the feed roller and a remote position where the sheet receiving plate is disposed remote from the feed roller; a lifting member disposed on a side of the sheet receiving plate opposite to the sheet receiving surface and configured to pivot between a first position where the sheet receiving plate is in the nearby position and a second position where the sheet receiving plate is in the remote position; an urging member configured to urge the lifting member from the second position toward the first position; and a cam configured to contact the lifting member and, when the feed roller feeds a recording sheet, cause the lifting member to move from the second position to the first position then back to the second position again, wherein the lifting member includes a contact portion configured to contact the cam, wherein the cam has a first surface and a second surface, and the cam is configured to, when the first surface contacts the contact portion of the lifting member, position the lifting member in the second position against an urging force of the urging member, and configured to, when the second surface contacts the contact portion of the lifting member, allow the lifting member to move from the second position to the first position, wherein the first surface of the cam includes a recessed portion, and wherein, when the contact portion of the lifting member engages in the recessed portion, the lifting member is in the second position.