A sheet supplying/feeding device includes a sheet placing plate that
receives at least a tip of a sheet, a feeding unit that feeds the sheet
while being in contact with the sheet placed on the sheet placing plate,
and a driving unit that drives the feeding unit. Preferably, cam members
are provided at both ends of a rotating shaft of the feeding unit,
displacement changing members are swingably provided in engagement with
the cam members, the sheet placing plate is shifted synchronously with
the swing of the displacement changing members through first elastic
members, and the sheet placed on the sheet placing plate and the feeding
unit are contacted and separated by the synchronous movement of the sheet
placing plate and the displacement changing members.