Patent ID: 7552925
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An image recording apparatus comprising: a recording unit which records on sheet-like recorded media; a cassette housing which houses a paper feeding cassette which accommodates the recorded media in a stacked manner so that the cassette can be inserted into and extracted from the cassette housing substantially in a horizontal direction, the cassette housing provided at a lower end of an apparatus casing; a bottom plate which supports at least a part of a lower surface of the cassette, the bottom plate provided on a lower surface of the cassette housing; an arm body which turns upward and downward according to a stacking amount of the recorded media in the cassette, the arm body arranged inside the apparatus casing; feed rollers which rotate while pressing an uppermost surface of the recorded media, the feed rollers arranged at a tip end of the arm body; and a restricting unit which avoids contact of the feed rollers with the bottom plate when the cassette is pulled out of the apparatus casing, the restricting unit provided on the bottom plate in the apparatus casing.