Patent ID: 7549625

Claim:
A paper feed apparatus comprising: a paper cassette; a registration roller pair, which is positioned on the upstream side of a transfer apparatus provided in an image formation apparatus main body; a first feed roller, which is positioned to form a nip with an adjacent feed element, the nip being the first nip to engage paper fed from the paper cassette toward the registration roller pair; a first guide part constituting a paper feeding path spanning from the first feed roller to the registration roller pair; a second feed roller, which feeds out paper disposed in a manual feed tray toward the registration roller pair; a second guide part constituting a paper feeding path spanning from the second feed roller to the registration roller pair; and a paper feed base part, which holds together the registration roller pair, the first feed roller, the first guide part, the second feed roller, and the second guide part as a unit such that they move together from a first position to a second position with the paper feed base part, wherein a pick-up unit is mounted to the image formation apparatus main body, and comprises the registration roller pair, the first feed roller, the first guide part, the second feed roller, the second guide part, and the paper feed base part.