Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus with lever member provided in the sheet conveyance path

A sheet conveyance apparatus comprising:

• a feeding cassette configured to store a sheet, the feeding cassette being configured to be able to be drawn out of an apparatus main body;
• a feeding unit configured to feed the sheet stored in the feeding cassette;
• a sheet conveyance path provided in the apparatus main body and configured to guide the sheet;
• a cover provided on the apparatus main body and configured to be openable and closable and to expose the sheet conveyance path to an exterior by being opened;
• a positioning member provided in the apparatus main body;
• a latch lever provided in the feeding cassette and configured to engage with the positioning member, the latch lever being urged by an urging member such that the latch lever engages with the positioning member;
• an operation unit provided in the feeding cassette and configured to be operable from outside of the feeding cassette, when the operation unit is operated, the latch lever moves against an urging force of the urging member, from an engage position at which the latch lever engages with the positioning member to a release position
• a lever member provided in the sheet conveyance path and configured to rotate by contacting the sheet passing through the sheet conveyance path;
• and
• a stopper member configured to rotate to a restriction position to restrict the drawing-out of the feeding cassette, in conjunction with the rotation of the lever member as the sheet contacts the lever member,
• wherein, when the lever member is rotated by the sheet fed by the feeding unit, the stopper member rotates from a no-restriction position at which the stopper member does not restrict a drawing of the feeding cassette to the restriction position,
• wherein the latch lever moves in a same direction as a direction in which the feeding unit feeds the sheet when the latch lever moves from the engage position to the release position, and
• wherein a rotation direction of the stopper member when the stopper member rotates in conjunction with the lever member is an opposite direction to a rotation direction of the lever member.