Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a sheet feeding device including:
• a sheet stacking portion on which a sheet is stacked;
• a sheet feeding portion which feeds the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking portion;
• a separating portion which includes a separating slope, the separating slope separating the sheet one by one by abutting on the sheet fed by the sheet feeding portion, the separating portion being movable along a sheet feeding direction;
• a force applying portion which applies a force to the separating portion in a direction opposite to the sheet feeding direction;
• and
• a support portion which supports the separating portion such that the separating portion is movable, and such that the separating portion is sloped in connection with the movement when abutting on the sheet, which is fed by the sheet feeding portion, and moving on a downstream side in the sheet feeding direction against the applying force of the force applying portion, and
• an image forming portion which forms an image on the sheet fed from the sheet feeding device.