Image forming apparatus and sheet feeding device

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes a recording-medium storing unit including a rotating member, the recording-medium storing unit being capable of being pulled out from an apparatus body; a support surface having an edge portion, the support surface supporting the rotating member when the recording-medium storing unit is pulled out from the apparatus body; and an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium fed from the recording-medium storing unit. The rotating member has a counter surface that faces the edge portion when the rotating member moves beyond the edge portion and drops off the support surface in a certain direction. In the state in which the counter surface faces the edge portion, the counter surface is inclined such that a point on the counter surface approaches the edge-portion side as the point moves in a direction opposite to the certain direction.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a recording-medium storing unit including a rotating member wherein the rotating member is attached to a bottom of a projection portion of the recording medium storing unit, the recording-medium storing unit being capable of being pulled out from an apparatus body;
a support surface having an edge portion, the support surface supporting the rotating member when the recording-medium storing unit is pulled out from the apparatus body;an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium fed from the recording-medium storing unit; anda regulating portion that comes into contact with the support surface and regulates the movement of the rotating member in a certain direction when the rotating member drops off the support surface,wherein the regulating portion is provided on the rotating member and has a notch for receiving a shaft of the rotating member,wherein the rotating member has a counter surface that faces the edge portion of the support surface when the rotating member moves beyond the edge portion and drops off the support surface in the certain direction, andwherein, in the state in which the counter surface faces the edge portion, the counter surface is inclined such that a point on the counter surface approaches the edge-portion side as the point moves in a direction opposite to the certain direction.