Patent ID: 8033540

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a casing; an image forming unit within the casing to form an image on a printable medium; a feeding cassette arranged so as to rotate between a feeding position, opened outward with respect to the casing, to store a stack of printable media and a waiting position where the feeding cassette is folded adjacent to the casing; a pick-up roller to feed an individual sheet of printable medium from the feeding cassette to the image forming unit, when the feeding cassette is in the feeding position; a pick-up roller cover arranged so as to rotate between an open position, opened inward with respect to the casing, to expose the pick-up roller and a closed position, adjacent to the casing, to cover the pick-up roller; and a connector to connect the pick-up roller cover to the feeding cassette, wherein the pick-up roller cover moves from the closed position to the open position as the feeding cassette moves from the waiting position to the feeding position.