Patent ID: 7549632

Claim:
A paper feed tray comprising: a tray unit; a lifting member arranged in the tray unit, for lifting a drawn-out end of a paper sheet being the uppermost of a stack of paper sheets accommodated in the tray unit; a spring for urging the lifting member in a lifting direction; and a lid, having a lid plate, opposite side edges and shafts for pivoting thereof, attachable to and pivotable on the tray unit about a pivotal axis of the shafts and having a free end where paper sheets are drawn out, wherein the lid has a plurality of protruding parts capable of pressing on a paper sheet being the uppermost of the stack of paper sheets accommodated in the tray unit and arranged on the inner face of the lid at intervals from a pivotal axis side toward the free-end side of the lid; the plurality of the protruding parts are extending along the pivotal axis side of the lid, so that while the lid is being closed the protruding parts, in order from the one closest to the pivotal axis of the lid, press on the paper sheet and in a state in which the lid is closed the free end side of the lid presses on the paper sheet and the plurality of protruding parts are spaced apart from the paper sheet.