Patent ID: 8678371
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: B41J,B65H

Abstract:
1. A sheet feeding unit configured to be detachably attached to an image forming apparatus, comprising: a sheet tray for storing paper sheets; a manual sheet-feeding path, including an apparatus body having an opening on an exterior surface, for inserting a sheet into a sheet feeding space inside of the apparatus body via the opening; and a vertical inner surface formed on inside of the apparatus body, wherein the vertical inner surface serves as a handle for attaching and detaching the sheet feeding unit to and from the image forming apparatus, wherein the opening is large enough for a user's hand to handle the vertical inner surface, and wherein the vertical inner surface is formed at an upstream of a rotatable conveying member disposed at the most upstream in a conveying direction in which each of the paper sheets is fed, and the vertical inner surface is perpendicular to the conveying direction.