Patent ID: 7775516
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a body provided with a conveyance path in which a sheet is conveyed; a feed tray which is detachably attached to an upstream position of the body with respect to a sheet conveyance direction; a roller which is provided in the feed tray, the roller conveying the sheet into the conveyance path from the feed tray; a guide member which is provided in the feed tray, the guide member guiding the sheet from the roller to the conveyance path while sliding the sheet in a position on a downstream side of the roller with respect to the sheet conveyance direction, wherein the body further comprises a driving roller that is driven by a drive source disposed in the body, the driving roller being provided in a state in which a rotary shaft of the driving roller is fixed to the body; and wherein the roller is a driven roller which is provided separately from the driving roller and which comes into contact with the driving roller so that the driven roller is driven to rotate in accordance with rotation of the driving roller when the feed tray is attached to the body; and a holding member, which comprises the driven roller, a support mechanism, and the guide member, the support mechanism swingably attaching the holding member to the feed tray so that a rotary shaft of the driven roller and the rotary shaft of the driving roller are substantially parallel to each other while the driving roller and the driven roller come into contact with each other.