SHEET SUPPLYING APPARATUS
The apparatus (30) comprises sheet containing means (50) for stacking and supporting sheets (P), and sheet supplying means (37) for feeding out the sheet (P1) contained in the sheet containing means (50) by applying a feeding force to the sheet (P1). Sheet containing means (50) includes a shiftable intermediate plate (56) on which the sheets (P) are stacked and a plurality of pressurizing means (59,60) for biasing the intermediate plate (56) toward the sheet supplying means (37) to urge the sheets (P) stacked on the intermediate plate (56) against the sheet supplying means (37), and each of the pressurizing means (59,60) being selected in response to the used amount of the sheets (P) stacked on the intermediate plate (56) to apply a biasing force to the intermediate plate (56).