Patent ID: 8636279

Claim:
A bottom removal-type paper supply apparatus, comprising: a paper support base on which paper is stacked located at a bottom part of the bottom removal-type paper supply apparatus; a first pickup roller provided at an end portion of the paper stacked on the paper support base, on a side toward a body of the bottom removal-type paper supply apparatus, and which picks a paper sheet from the paper stacked on the paper support base from the bottom and transports the paper sheet on a paper path; a pressing roller which applies a pressure to the paper stacked on the paper support base towards the first roller, and which is provided at the end portion of the paper stacked on the paper support base; a second pickup roller provided at a central portion of the paper stacked on the paper support base, and selectively assisting the first pickup roller to transport the paper sheet into the bottom removal-type paper supply apparatus; and a shutter switchable between an open state in which the paper is in contact with the second pickup roller enabling the second pickup roller to assist the first pickup roller to transport the paper on the paper path, and a closed state in which the shutter prevents the contact between the paper and the second pickup roller, the shutter being provided on the second pickup roller.