Patent attributes
A feeding apparatus, includes: a housing part which houses stacked sheets and has, a separating part which separates said sheets one by one; an arm member which is capable of pivoting about its one end, in accordance with the amount of said stacked sheets; and a first feeder rotating body disposed far from said one end and a second feeder rotating body disposed closer to said one end than is said first feeder rotating body, which are mounted to said arm member, abut on a top surface of said sheets, and separate and feed said sheets one by one while cooperating with said separating part. Which of said first feeder rotating body and said second feeder rotating body abuts on the top surface of said sheets depending on the amount of said stacked sheets.