Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus incorporating same

摘要

A sheet feeding device, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes a sheet container that contains a sheet therein, an outer end part connectable to the sheet container, a sheet feeding member, a swing shaft, a sheet loading member supported by the swing shaft to swing according to an amount of sheets loaded on the loading surface, a rotary shaft, and a sheet amount indicator being rotatably supported by the rotary shaft and having a contact end contacting the sheet loading member swinging according to a remaining amount of sheets and a sheet amount display end moving in a given display range visible from the outside of the sheet feeding device. The sheet loading member has a sloped surface sloped to a loading surface of the loading member and disposed at a portion where the contact end of the sheet amount indicator contacts the loading surface.

主权项

1. A sheet feeding device comprising:
a sheet container that contains a sheet stack therein; an outer end part that is detachably attached to the sheet container; a sheet feeding member to feed the sheet in the sheet container to an outside of the sheet feeding device; a swing shaft disposed at an upstream side of the sheet container in a sheet feeding direction; a sheet loading member having a loading surface on which the sheet in the sheet container is loaded, and being supported by the swing shaft to swing according to an amount of sheets loaded on the loading surface; multiple rotary shafts; a sheet amount indicator being rotatably supported by one of the rotary shafts, having a contact end that contacts the sheet loading member swinging according to the amount of sheets loaded on the sheet loading member, and having a sheet amount display end disposed at an opposite side of the contact end with one of the rotary shafts in between and moving in a given display range visible from the outside of the sheet feeding device; and a rotary supporting part supported by a selected one of the multiple rotary shafts disposed at different positions.