Patent ID: 7731180
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus with a cassette accommodating section and a sheet-feeding cassette which is slidably provided in the cassette accommodating section of the image forming apparatus, and set by being inserted in an insertion direction toward the cassette accommodating section, and supplied with a sheet by being drawn out of the cassette accommodating section in a drawing direction which is opposite to the insertion direction, the image forming apparatus comprising: a sheet-feeding cassette main body drawn out in the drawing direction so that the sheet is supplied; a locked portion for allowing the sheet-feeding cassette main body to be locked to a locking portion provided in the cassette accommodating section by insertion of the sheet-feeding cassette main body to the cassette accommodating section; a first elastic member, provided in the cassette accommodating section, to bias the locking portion to engage with the locked portion to form a locked state between the locking portion and the locked portion; an unlocking unit for detaching the locked portion locked to the locking portion when the sheet-feeding cassette main body is drawn out of the cassette accommodating section; a handle provided at a downstream end of the sheet-feeding cassette main body in the drawing direction, the handle including: