Sheet supply apparatus

A sheet supply apparatus comprising:

• sheet supporting means for supporting a plurality of sheets;
• sheet supply means for feeding out the sheets supported by said sheet supporting means;
• and
• separation means comprising a plate-shaped member having a tip end inclined toward said sheet supporting means, said sheet supply means urging the fed sheet against the plate shared member, thereby causing the plate-shaped member to be elastically flexed around a fulcrum of the plate-shaded member to change an inclination angle relative to said sheet supporting means when the sheet fed out by said sheet supply means is urged onto the plate-shaped member to be separated from other sheets by riding over it,
• wherein said separation means further comprises fulcrum means for changing a position of the fulcrum of the plate-shaped member corresponding to the inclined angle thereof.

A recording apparatus comprising:

• sheet supporting means for supporting a plurality of sheets;
• sheet supply means for feeding out the sheets supported by said sheet supporting means;
• separation means for separating sheets fed out from said sheet supporting means, said separation means comprising a flexible abutment member having an abutment surface with a tip end, and said sheet supply means urging the fed sheet against the abutment surface thereby changing an inclination angle of the abutment surface relative to said sheet supporting means and separating the sheet from other sheets by riding over the abutment surface;
• and
• a recording means for recording an image on the sheet separated by said separation means;
• wherein the abutment surface of said separation means is inclined toward said sheet supporting means by a predetermined angle with respect to a plane perpendicular to a direction in which the sheets supported by said sheet supporting means are fed out so that the tip end of the abutment surface comes closer to said sheet supporting means.

A recording apparatus comprising:

• sheet supporting means for supporting a plurality of sheets;
• sheet supply means for feeding out the sheets supported by said sheet supporting means;
• separation means comprising a plate-shaped member having a tip end inclined toward said sheet supporting means, said sheet supply means urging the fed sheet against the plate shaped member, thereby causing the plate-shaped member to be elastically flexed around a fulcrum of the plate-shaped member to change an inclination angle relative to said sheet supporting means when the sheet fed out by said sheet supply means is urged onto the plate-shaped member to be separated from other sheets by riding over it;
• and
• a recording means for recording an image on the sheet separated by said separation means;
• wherein said separation means further comprises fulcrum means for changing a position of a fulcrum of the plate-shaped member corresponding to the inclined angle thereof.