摘要 |
A sheet material feeding apparatus, provided with a simple-structure and low-cost multifeeding prevention mechanism, comprises a sheet stacker for stacking sheets, a feeding roller (11) for feeding the stacked sheets, a separation roller (12), rotating according to the feeding roller, for separating the sheet, a separation roller holder for rotatably holding the separation roller and rotating to cause the separation roller to move to a position being in contact with the feeding roller and to a position being released from the feeding roller, and a urge unit for urge the sheet stacker to the feeding roller to cause the stacked sheets to come into contact with the feeding roller, wherein, after the separation roller came into contact with the feeding roller, it causes the stacked sheets to come into contact with the feeding roller. <IMAGE> |