Patent ID: 8857808

Claim:
A medium conveyance apparatus comprising: a frame member secured to a body; a medium mounting unit for mounting a medium, rotatably attached to the frame member; a conveying member for conveying the medium rotatably attached to the frame member; and a separating member attached to the frame member and contacting the conveying member, wherein the medium mounting unit includes an engaging portion and the frame member includes an engaged portion engageable with the engaging portion, the engaging portion including an extending portion and a contacting portion, the extending portion extending downstream from a downstream side of the medium mounting unit, toward a conveyance direction of the medium, and the contacting portion extending substantially perpendicularly from a downstream side of the extending portion toward the separating member, and including a contacting surface facing upstream in the conveyance direction of the medium, and the engaged portion including a contacted surface located upstream of the contacting surface in the conveyance direction of the medium, for contacting the contacting surface; and wherein the engaging portion engages the engaged portion when the medium mounting unit is located in an operational position for conveying the medium.