Patent ID: 7600745

Claim:
A recording-sheet supplying apparatus configured to supply recording sheets one by one in a predetermined sheet-supply direction, comprising: a first sheet tray configured to accommodate a plurality of first recording sheets in a state in which the plurality of first recording sheets are stacked on each other; a second sheet tray disposed above the first sheet tray so as to be advanced and retracted in the sheet-supply direction, and configured to accommodate at least one second recording sheet in a state in which, where the at least one second recording sheet is one, only the second recording sheet is accommodated in the second sheet tray, while where the at least one second recording sheet is plural, the second recording sheets are stacked on each other in the second sheet tray; an arm provided so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis located above the second sheet tray, and so as to be in a posture in which a distal end of the arm is located downstream of the pivot axis in the sheet-supply direction; a first sheet-supply roller provided at a first portion of the arm; and a second sheet-supply roller provided at a second portion of the arm nearer to the pivot axis than the first portion, wherein the recording-sheet supplying apparatus is configured such that, in a state in which the second sheet tray is retracted to be located on an upstream side in the sheet-supply direction, the arm is allowed to be pivoted below a height level of the second sheet tray, and the first sheet-supply roller contacts an uppermost one of the plurality of first recording sheets, whereby the plurality of first recording sheets are supplied one by one in order from the uppermost first recording sheet, and wherein the recording-sheet supplying apparatus is configured such that, in a state in which the second sheet tray is advanced to be located on a downstream side in the sheet-supply direction, the second sheet-supply roller contacts an uppermost one of the at least one second recording sheet, whereby the at least one second recording sheet is supplied one by one in order from the uppermost second recording sheet.