Patent ID: 7472904

Claim:
A paper-feeding device of an image forming apparatus, comprising: a paper-feeding cassette detachably mounted to a mounting section of the paper-feeding cassette in a body of the image forming apparatus, and including a loading portion with plural sheets of paper and a front panel connected to the loading portion to slide close to/apart from the loading portion; a pick-up device provided at one side of the mounting section of the paper-feeding cassette to pick up the paper from the loading portion; and a pick-up controller operating in cooperation with a sliding of the front panel with respect to the loading portion when the paper-feeding cassette is mounted and removed and the pick-up controller lowering the pick-up device after the loading portion is mounted to the mounting section and detaching the loading portion from the mounting section after the pick-up device is raised, wherein the front panel includes: a handling portion provided at a front portion of the front panel and used when the paper-feeding cassette is mounted and removed; and a connecting member sliding toward the loading portion, and connected to the handling portion so that the front panel is mounted and removed to and from the front portion of the loading portion in cooperation with the handling portion, and wherein a connecting ring is provided at the loading portion, and the connecting member is connected and suspended from the connecting ring.