Patent ID: 8657281

Claim:
A sheet feeding apparatus comprising: a sheet accommodating unit for accommodating sheets, said sheet accommodating unit being detachably mountable to said sheet feeding apparatus by insertion along an inserting path in a predetermined inserting direction; a feeding roller for feeding the sheet from said sheet accommodating unit; a first guiding member and second guiding member provided in the sheet feeding apparatus, for contacting the sheet accommodated in the sheet accommodating unit to keep the sheet out of contact with said feeding roller when said sheet accommodating unit is inserted along the inserting path; and a moving unit for moving the first guiding member and the second guiding member to a position where the first and second guiding members do not contact the sheet accommodated in the sheet accommodating unit after said sheet accommodating unit is mounted to said sheet feeding apparatus, wherein the predetermined inserting direction crosses with a direction in which the sheet is fed by the feeding roller, and the feeding roller is positioned between the first and second guiding members, and wherein the sheet accommodating unit has a lateral wall which is provided with an opening, and the first and second guiding members and the feeding roller enter the sheet accommodating unit through the opening when said sheet accommodating unit is inserted along the inserting path.