Patent ID: 7677548
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus including a mountable cassette which supplies media to the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus comprising: a mountable cassette which supplies media to the image forming apparatus, the mountable cassette including: a mounting portion on which the mountable cassette is mounted; and a pick-up roller that is driven so as to be able to deliver media on the cassette that is mounted on the mounting portion, wherein when the cassette is mounted in the mounting portion, the first tray and the second tray are movable relative to each other so that the second tray is movable over the first tray, the second tray moving between a first position at which the pick- up roller contacts an uppermost medium among media loaded on the first tray and a second position where the second oblique surface of the second tray overlaps the first oblique surface of the first tray such that the pick-up roller contacts an uppermost medium among media loaded on the second tray, and wherein a tray from which the pick-up roller delivers media is switched in such a manner that a relative position between the first tray and the second tray is switched between the first position and the second position.