Sheet Feeding Apparatus And Image Recording Apparatus

Abstract

A sheet feeding apparatus including: a sheet holding portion which holds a sheet; a feed path which guides the sheet supplied from the sheet holding portion; a driving source which can rotate in two opposite directions; a feeder roller which is disposed in the feed path and rotated by a driving torque of the driving source; a pickup roller which can rotate in contact with the sheet held in the sheet holding portion; a switchable transmission mechanism which is disposed between the pickup roller and the driving source, and is switchable at least between a first state for transmitting to the pickup roller a rotation of the driving source in a forward direction, and a second state for not transmitting a rotation of the driving source to the pickup roller, the forward direction in which the driving source is rotated in the first state being a direction opposite to a direction in which the driving source is rotated to rotate the feeder roller in a sheet feed direction which is a direction to feed the sheet; and a control portion which rotates the driving source in the forward direction to rotate the pickup roller in a sheet supply direction which is a direction to supply the sheet, and switches the switchable transmission mechanism to the first state, when the sheet is supplied from the sheet holding portion, and rotates the driving source in the direction opposite to the forward direction, and switches the switchable transmission mechanism to the second state, when the sheet is fed by the feeder roller.

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