Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a main assembly;
• a sheet accommodating portion mounted in said main assembly so as to be capable of being pulled out in a pulling-out direction from a mounting position;
• an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet fed from said sheet accommodating portion;
• a positioning portion provided in said main assembly and configured to position said sheet accommodating portion mounted at the mounting position with respect to a crossing direction perpendicularly crossing the pulling-out direction of said sheet accommodating portion from said main assembly as viewed in a direction of gravitation;
• an engaged member provided in one of said main assembly and said sheet accommodating portion;
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• an engaging member, provided in the other of said main assembly and said sheet accommodating portion, which is formed of an elastic material and which is configured to hold said sheet accommodating portion at the mounting position by being engaged with said engaged member,
• wherein said engaging member is elastically deformed by the engaged member and is arranged such that an elastic force of said engaging member is used to pull said sheet accommodating portion in a direction, opposite to the pulling-out direction, toward the mounting position, and
• wherein said engaging member is provided swingably in the other one of said main assembly and said sheet accommodating portion so as to be capable of changing a position thereof with respect to the crossing direction.

A sheet feeding device comprising:

• a sheet accommodating portion mounted in a main assembly so as to be capable of being pulled out in a pulling-out direction from a mounting position, wherein with respect to a crossing direction perpendicularly crossing the pulling-out direction of said sheet accommodating portion from the main assembly as viewed in a direction of gravitation, the main assembly is provided with a positioning portion for positioning said sheet accommodating portion mounted at the mounting position;
• an engaged member provided in one of the main assembly and said sheet accommodating portion;
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• an engaging member, provided in the other of the main assembly and said sheet accommodating portion, which is formed of an elastic material and which is configured to hold said sheet accommodating portion at the mounting position by being engaged with said engaged member,
• wherein said engaging member is elastically deformed by the engaged member and is arranged such that an elastic force of said engaging member is used to pull said sheet accommodating portion in a direction, opposite to the pulling-out direction, toward the mounting position, and
• wherein said engaging member is provided movably in the other one of the main assembly and said sheet accommodating portion so as to be capable of changing a position thereof with respect to the crossing direction.