Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus incorporating same

A sheet feeding device comprising

• a cover including:
• a stacking portion on which multiple sheets are stacked;
• and
• a pivot shaft about which the cover is pivotable to open and close a body of the sheet feeding device;
• a pickup roller to:
• abut against an upper face of an uppermost sheet of the multiple sheets stacked on the stacking portion;
• and
• feed the uppermost sheet in a sheet feeding direction;
• a feed roller to:
• abut against the upper face of the uppermost sheet fed from the pickup roller;
• and
• feed the uppermost sheet in the sheet feeding direction;
• a separator facing the feed roller to separate the uppermost sheet from the multiple sheets;
• a guide to guide the uppermost sheet fed from the feed roller;
• and
• a receiving base holding the separator and including a swing shaft extending in an axial direction to be swingably supported by the guide around the swing shaft, wherein
• the swing shaft of the receiving base overlaps with the cover in an opened state of the cover when viewed from the axial direction,
• the stacking portion includes multiple ribs extending in the sheet feeding direction, and
• at least one of the ribs has an upper end edge to stack the sheets.

A sheet feeding device comprising:

• a cover including:
• a stacking portion on which multiple sheets are stacked;
• and
• a pivot shaft about which the cover is pivotable to open and close a body of the sheet feeding device;
• a pickup roller to:
• abut against an upper face of an uppermost sheet of the multiple sheets stacked on the stacking portion;
• and
• feed the uppermost sheet in a sheet feeding direction;
• a feed roller to:
• abut against the upper face of the uppermost sheet fed from the pickup roller;
• and
• feed the uppermost sheet in the sheet feeding direction;
• a separator facing the feed roller to separate the uppermost sheet from the multiple sheets;
• a guide to guide the uppermost sheet fed from the feed roller;
• a receiving base holding the separator and including a swing shaft extending in an axial direction to be swingably supported by the guide around the swing shaft;
• and
• another separator facing the pickup roller to separate the uppermost sheet from the multiple sheets, wherein
• the swing shaft of the receiving base overlaps with the cover in an opened state of the cover when viewed from the axial direction,
• the receiving base includes a pair of swing shafts including the swing shaft, and
• said another separator is interposed between the pair of swing shafts in the axial direction orthogonal to the sheet feeding direction.