Patent ID: 9033331
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an apparatus main body that includes an image forming unit for applying an image forming process to a sheet and a main conveyance path for conveying the sheet by way of the image forming unit; a first storage portion which is withdrawably mounted into the apparatus main body and includes a storage portion for sheets and a first conveyance path for conveying the sheets from the storage portion toward the main conveyance path; a second conveyance path that conveys a sheet from a second storage portion for sheets other than the sheets in the first storage portion toward the main conveyance path; a joint section where an upstream end of the main conveyance path and downstream ends of the first and second conveyance paths join; and a movable guide mounted to the first storage portion at the downstream end of the first conveyance path for guiding a sheet; the movable guide contacting a portion of the apparatus main body as the first storage portion is mounted in the apparatus main body and being displaced relative to the first storage portion to a projecting position where the movable guide projects toward the joint section from the downstream end of the first conveyance path to guide the sheet and the movable guide being displaced to a retracted position substantially retracted from the joint section as the first storage portion is withdrawn from the apparatus main body.