Patent ID: 7938394

Claim:
A recording medium feeding device comprising: a recording medium cassette that is detachable from a main body; and a first recording medium retracting unit that retracts a recording medium lying on a recording medium feeding path back to the recording medium cassette, wherein the recording medium cassette includes a lower tray that accommodates the first recording medium which is to be fed toward the recording medium feeding path where a recording operation is performed on the first recording medium, and an upper tray that accommodates a second recording medium which is to be fed toward the recording medium feeding path where a recording operation is performed on the second recording medium, and which is provided to be slidable with respect to the lower tray along a transport direction of the first and second recording mediums, and wherein the recording medium feeding device is provided with a unit for performing a retracting operation of the first recording medium using the recording medium retracting unit in accordance with sliding of the upper tray in the transport direction.