Patent ID: 8851466

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a recording unit configured to execute recording on a recording medium; a lower tray which is detachably mounted to an apparatus body including the recording unit and which is configured to store a recording medium; an upper tray provided above the lower tray, which is detachably mounted to the apparatus body and which is configured to store a recording medium; and a feeding roller capable of contacting each of the recording medium stored in the lower tray and the recording medium stored in the upper tray from above, wherein the feeding roller is supported at an intermediate position, which is lower than a position of the feeding roller reached when the feeding roller contacts a bottom surface of the upper tray and higher than a position of the feeding roller reached when the feeding roller contacts a recording medium set as a top sheet in a state in which a maximum number of recording media are stored in the lower tray, in a state of the upper tray and the lower tray being detached from the apparatus body, wherein, in a course of moving the lower tray to an abutting position in the mounting direction, the lower tray is configured to release the support of the feeding roller at the intermediate position and descend the feeding roller to a position at which the feeding roller contacts the recording medium stored in the lower tray.