IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a sheet container, an image forming part to form an image, a sheet feeding rotary body to feed the recording medium, a sheet separating rotary body to contact the sheet feeding rotary body and rotate with the sheet feeding rotary body with a sheet separation nip region formed therebetween, a rotation adjusting unit to adjust rotation of the sheet separating rotary body, a sheet containing unit to contain the recording media therein, a sheet separating body storing unit disposed at one end of the sheet containing unit to store the sheet separating body therein, and a load resistance applying mechanism to apply a rotational load resistance different from a contact force generated by contacting of the sheet separating rotary body with the sheet feeding rotary body, to the sheet feeding rotary body with no rotation driving force applied thereto.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an apparatus body; a sheet container detachably attachable to the apparatus body, the sheet container accommodating recording media therein; an image forming part to form an image on each of the recording media accommodated in the sheet container; a sheet feeding rotary body to rotate about a rotary shaft thereof and feed the recording media from the sheet container; a sheet separating rotary body provided to the sheet container and detachably attachable to the apparatus body together with the sheet container, the sheet separating rotary body contacting the sheet feeding rotary body and rotating about a rotary shaft thereof with the sheet feeding rotary body with a sheet separation nip region formed therebetween; a rotation adjusting unit to adjust rotation of the sheet separating rotary body by allowing rotation of the sheet separating rotary body when a single recording medium of the recording media is fed from the sheet container and by stopping the rotation of the sheet separating rotary body when multiple recording media of the recording media are fed from the sheet container; a sheet containing unit included in the sheet container to contain the recording media therein; a sheet separating body storing unit included in the sheet container and disposed at one end of the sheet containing unit to store the sheet separating body therein, the sheet container being pulled out from the sheet containing unit toward the sheet separating body storing unit; and a load resistance applying mechanism to apply a rotational load resistance different from a contact force generated by contacting of the sheet separating rotary body with the sheet feeding rotary body, to the sheet feeding rotary body with no rotation driving force applied thereto.