Patent ID: 7841590

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image recording device that includes a carrying-in path into which a medium is carried in and forms an image on the medium; a first feeding unit comprising: a first accommodating portion that accommodates a medium; a first conveyance path that extends from the first accommodating portion and is connected to the carrying-in path for conveying the medium from the first accommodating portion; a first mounting portion that includes a first hand-feeding conveyance path, wherein a hand-feeding unit is detachably mounted to the first mounting portion, the hand-feeding unit comprises a hand-feeding accommodating portion in which a hand-fed medium is to be accommodated, and the first hand-feeding conveyance path connects the hand-feeding accommodating portion and the carrying-in path for conveying the hand-fed medium from the hand-feeding accommodating portion; a connection unit for consecutive installation, that is configured to be detachably mounted to the first mounting portion in a state where the hand-feeding unit is removed from the first mounting portion, and includes an added conveyance path therein for consecutive installation to be connected to the first hand-feeding conveyance path; and a second feeding unit comprising: a second accommodating portion that accommodates a medium; a second conveyance path that extends from the second accommodating portion and is connected to the added conveyance path for conveying the medium from the second accommodating portion; and a second mounting portion that includes a second hand-feeding conveyance path, wherein the hand-feeding unit is detachably mounted to the second mounting portion, and the second hand-feeding conveyance path is connected to the added conveyance path for conveying a medium from the hand-feeding accommodating portion.