Patent ID: 8622381

Claim:
A sheet supply apparatus comprising: a sheet support portion configured to support at least one sheet; a supporting shaft supported by a main body of the sheet supply apparatus; an arm configured to pivot around the supporting shaft; a sheet supply roller provided at a distal end of the arm and configured to supply the at least one sheet in a sheet supply direction in which the at least one sheet is supplied; and a contact portion fixed to the sheet support portion and facing to the sheet supply roller, wherein the contact portion comprises: a first contact portion; and a second contact portion disposed in an upstream side of the first contact portion in the sheet supply direction and having a friction coefficient smaller than a friction coefficient of the first contact portion, wherein the sheet supply roller is configured to move from a first position at which the sheet supply roller faces to the first contact portion to a second position at which the sheet supply roller faces to the second contact portion, by an elastic deformation of at least one of the sheet support portion, the contact portion, the supporting shaft, the arm, and the sheet supply roller.