Patent ID: 7552920

Claim:
A paper feed cassette comprising: a paper feed cassette body storing a paper; and a cover member detachably mounted on said paper feed cassette body, wherein said paper is formed with a perforation for cutting off a margin portion of said paper, said cover member integrally includes a press portion having an edge pressing said margin portion of said paper along said perforation of said paper when said margin portion of said paper having been printed is cut off, a first locating portion for locating an end in a longitudinal direction of said paper, so provided as to protrude upwardly from an upper surface of said cover member, and a paper supporting portion for holding said margin portion of said paper between said press portion and said paper supporting portion, said press portion integrally includes an elastically deformable hinge portion provided on a first side surface in a longitudinal direction of said cover member, a rotating portion so provided continuous to said hinge portion as to extend from a side of said first side surface in said longitudinal direction of said cover member to a side of a second side surface in said longitudinal direction of said cover member, and a second locating portion for locating an end in a short-side direction of said paper when said margin portion of said paper having been printed is cut off, so provided as to protrude downwardly from said press portion, said paper supporting portion is so provided as to protrude upwardly from an upper surface of said cover member and extend in said longitudinal direction of said cover member, and lengths of portions corresponding to a short-side direction of said paper in said press portion and said paper supporting portion are larger than a length in said short-side direction of said paper.