Patent ID: 8002269

Claim:
A sheet supplying apparatus, comprising: a sheet-supply tray which comprises a sheet-support surface and is configured to accommodate a plurality of sheets such that the sheets are supported on the sheet-support surface, wherein the sheet-supply tray includes at least one first engageable portion; and a housing including at least one second engageable portion, wherein said at least one first engageable portion of the sheet-supply tray engages with said at least one second engageable portion of the housing in response to insertion of the sheet-supply tray into the housing and disengages from said at least one second engageable portion in response to withdrawal of the sheet-supply tray from the housing, wherein the sheet-supply tray further includes a stationary guide wall extending in a first direction which is perpendicular to a direction in which the sheets are supplied from the sheet-supply tray, the stationary guide wall comprising: an inclined guide surface which guides, in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a leading edge of each of the sheets supplied from the sheet-supply tray, and which extends from the sheet-support surface obliquely at a predetermined obtuse angle relative to the sheet-support surface; and an inclined rear surface which is opposite to the inclined guide surface and which cooperates with a plane containing the sheet-support surface to define a rear space having an acute angle and located in rear of the stationary guide wall, and wherein at least a portion of said at least one first engageable portion of the sheet-supply tray is located in the rear space and within a length of the inclined guide surface in the first direction.