Patent ID: 8152169

Claim:
A feeding device comprising: a conveying roller configured to selectively rotate in a forward direction and a reverse direction, the conveying roller configured to convey a sheet toward a downstream side in a conveying direction when the conveying roller is rotated in the forward direction; a first guide member positioned on an upstream side of the conveying roller in the conveying direction and configured to guide the conveyed sheet toward the conveying roller; a second guide member configured to guide the conveyed sheet when the conveying roller rotates in the reverse direction; and a rotating member positioned between the first guide member and the conveying roller and comprising a support shaft and a pressing portion, wherein the rotating member is configured to rotate about the support shaft between a first supported state where the rotating member is separated from the second guide member, and a second supported state where the rotating member is closer to the second guide member than when the rotating member is in the first supported state, wherein when the rotating member is in the first supported state, the rotating member is positioned to allow the sheet to be conveyed from the first guide member to the conveying roller, and wherein the rotating member is configured to move a trailing end of the sheet toward the second guide member by transitioning from the first supported state to the second supported state, and wherein the first guide member and the rotating member are configured such that the sheet pushes up the rotating member from the second supported state to the first supported state.