Patent ID: 8272635

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a medium placing portion on which a medium is placed; a feed roller rotatably provided in contact with the medium placed on said medium placing portion so as to feed the medium, said feed roller having a drive shaft; guide members disposed on both sides of said feed roller for guiding the medium being fed, said guide members being movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to a surface of the medium; a biasing unit that biases said guide members in a direction toward the medium; and roller-shaft-receiving portions that rotatably support said guide members, said roller-shaft-receiving portions being mounted to said drive shaft of said feed roller so as to be movable in said direction substantially perpendicular to the surface of the medium; said guide members being inclined with respect to the surface of the medium, as said guide members are moved in said direction substantially perpendicular to the surface of the medium.