Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus

Abstract

Provided are a sheet feeding device and an image forming apparatus which can feed a sheet by an electrostatic adsorption with a simple configuration and with low noises. One end of a flexible adsorption member (29) is fixed to a holding member (24) rotating in a sheet feeding direction, and comes into surface contact with a sheet (P) stored in a sheet feeding cassette (20) while being elastically deformed when the holding member (24) is rotated, and adsorbs the sheet (P) by an adsorbing force by static electricity. Then, the sheet (P1) adsorbed to the adsorption member (29) is delivered to a registration roller (15) while winding up the adsorption member (29), and then the holding member (24) is stopped at a position where the adsorption member (29) is separated from the sheet.

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