Patent ID: 6102386
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:(a) a first paper cassette provided in a lower portion of a main body of the image forming apparatus for housing recording papers therein and for feeding the recording papers to the main body through a first paper feeding path, at least a part housing the recording papers of the first paper cassette being capable of being pulled out in a pulling out direction which is in a feeding direction of the recording papers from the first cassette;(b) a second cassette provided below the first paper cassette for housing recording papers therein, at least a part housing the recording papers of the second paper cassette being capable of being pulled out in the same pulling out direction of the first paper cassette; and(c) a paper feeding section integrally provided on the second paper cassette and located on a front side of the first paper cassette in the pulling out direction of the first and second paper cassettes, for exclusively feeding the recording papers from the second paper cassette to the main body of the image forming apparatus through a second paper feeding path.