Patent ID: 8146911

Claim:
A sheet feeding device configured to feed stacked sheets one by one, comprising: a sheet feed tray configured to hold a plurality of sheets stacked on the sheet feed tray; a chute having a first guide and a second guide opposing the first guide; a first roller arranged on the first guide with at least part of a roller surface thereof being exposed; a first contact member arranged to protrude from the second guide, the first contact member being urged so as to contact the first roller; a second roller arranged on the first guide with at least part of the second roller being exposed; a second contact member arranged to protrude from the second guide, the second contact member being urged so as to contact the second roller; a motor coupled to the first roller and the second roller, the motor configured to rotate the first roller and the second roller; a sensor arranged between the first roller and the second roller and configured to send a signal when the sensor detects a sheet; and a controller coupled to the motor and the sensor and configured to control the motor to rotate the first roller and the second roller in a first direction in which the sheet is fed from the second roller to the first roller when the controller receives a signal from the sensor, the controller controlling the motor to stop the rotation of the first roller and the second roller when the signal from the sensor is terminated, and then rotate the first roller and the second roller in a second direction in which the sheet is fed from the first roller to the second roller.