Patent ID: 8047540

Claim:
A recording medium conveying device comprising: a body portion capable of being mounted to and removed from a body of an apparatus in a direction perpendicular to a conveying direction of a recording medium, the body portion being provided with a plurality of conveying rollers that convey the recording medium; a rotatable knob member disposed at a side at which the body portion is removed, the knob member allowing rotation of a conveying roller within the plurality of conveying rollers; and a handle member for mounting the body portion to and removing the body portion from the body of the apparatus, wherein the handle member is held so as to move between a first position and a second position, the first position being where the handle member is positioned when the handle member is accommodated in the body portion, the second position being where the handle member projects from the body portion towards the side at which the body portion is removed, wherein the knob member is connected to a rotating shaft of the conveying roller so as to move along a direction in which the body portion is removed, the direction being axial to the rotating shaft, and wherein the handle member moves to the first position in response to an accommodation operation of the knob member and to the second position in response to a draw-out operation of the knob member.