Patent ID: 6988723

Claim:
A sheet member feeding and conveying apparatus comprising: pickup means for taking out a sheet member placed in a predetermined take-out position; a tray having a tray main body capable of displacement in directions close to and away from the pickup means, for holding sheet members; tray driving means for driving the tray main body to be displaced in the directions close to and away from the pickup means; and control means for controlling the tray driving means so as to, in a feeding state of feeding sheet members held on the tray, drive the tray main body to be displaced so that a sheet member closest to the pickup means held on the tray is placed in the take-out position, and in a waiting state of waiting for loading of sheet members on the tray, drive the tray main body to be displaced into a waiting position which is closer to the pickup means than a position at a time when a maximum holding amount of sheet members are held on the tray.