Sheet conveying apparatus, image recording apparatus and image reading apparatus

摘要

A sheet feeding apparatus includes sheet accommodating means (1) for accommodating a sheet, the sheet accommodating means being detachably mountable to the apparatus; feeding means (2) for feeding the sheet from the sheet accommodating means; press-contact means (4,6) for press-contacting the sheet in the sheet accommodating means (1) to the feeding means (2); a pair of movable members (5) for guiding the sheet accommodating means such that sheets accommodated in the sheet accommodating means are not contacted to the feeding means when the sheet accommodating means is mounted to the apparatus; moving means (7-10) for moving the movable members to bring the sheet into contact to the feeding means after the sheet accommodating means is mounted to the apparatus.