Patent ID: 7980552

Claim:
A paper feed cassette comprising: a cassette body mounted on an image generating apparatus including a paper feed roller and storing a paper; a first lift member for lifting up said paper so as to bring said paper into contact with said paper feed roller of said image generating apparatus in printing; and a second lift member for lifting up said paper so as to produce bending caused by droop of a rear in a paper feed direction of said paper due to said paper's own weight in printing, wherein: an end of said first lift member supports said paper by directly contacting said paper at a first contact position, in a state that said first lift member inclines with respect to a horizontal plane that is parallel to said paper feed direction, and an end of said second lift member supports said paper by directly contacting said paper at a second contact position that is physically separate from said first contact position so as to produce said bending caused by said droop of said rear of said paper, in a state that said second lift member inclines with respect to said horizontal plane.