Patent ID: 8717645

Claim:
A sheet feeding device comprising: a feeding tray configured to stack thereon a plurality of sheets to be fed; a separation roller configured to separate the plurality of sheets stacked on the feeding tray one by one; a first conveyance roller arranged on a downstream side of the separation roller in a sheet conveyance direction and configured to convey a sheet separated by the separation roller; a first motor configured to drive the separation roller and the first conveyance roller independently of each other; a second conveyance roller configured to be driven by a second motor different from the first motor, arranged on the downstream side of the first conveyance roller, and configured to further convey the sheet conveyed by the first conveyance roller; and a control unit configured to control the first motor such that, when a trailing edge of the sheet passes through the separation roller while the sheet is being conveyed by the first conveyance roller and the second conveyance roller, the first motor makes a conveyance speed of the first conveyance roller greater than the conveyance speed thereof before the trailing edge of the sheet passes through the separation roller, and when the trailing edge of the sheet passes through the first conveyance roller, the first motor drives the separation roller.