Patent ID: 8267396

Claim:
A sheet feed device comprising: a tray comprising a holding surface configured to hold a plurality of sheets; a feed unit configured to contact a particular sheet of the plurality of sheets, and feed at least the particular sheet from the tray in a sheet feed direction; and a guide plate positioned at a downstream end of the tray in the sheet feed direction and configured to guide the particular sheet fed by the feed unit, wherein the guide plate comprises: an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the holding surface of the tray; a row of first projections that project from the inclined surface by a first distance and are arranged at first intervals along the sheet feed direction; and a row of second projections that project from the inclined surface by a second distance and are arranged at second intervals along the sheet feed direction, the second distance being greater than the first distance, and the second intervals being greater than the first intervals, wherein the row of first projections are configured to elastically retract relative to the inclined surface of the guide plate, and wherein the row of second projections are disposed on both sides of the row of first projections in a direction perpendicular to the sheet feed direction.