Patent ID: 7618035

Claim:
An image recording apparatus comprising: an image recording unit configured to record an image on a recording medium; a first sheet feeding cassette disposed below the image recording unit and movable substantially along a first direction, the first sheet feeding cassette comprising a first placing portion on which a recording medium is allowed to be placed; a second sheet feeding cassette disposed on and attached to the first sheet feeding cassette and movable substantially along the first direction with respect to the first sheet feeding cassette, the second sheet feeding cassette comprising: a second placing portion on which a recording medium is allowed to be placed; and a discharged sheet placing portion disposed an upstream side of the second placing portion with respect to the first direction; a sheet feed unit configured to selectively feed the recording medium placed in the first sheet feeding cassette and the second sheet feeding cassette in the first direction toward the image recording unit via a sheet conveying path; an auxiliary cover portion disposed above the second placing portion, on which the recording medium discharged from the image recording unit is allowed to be placed; and an auxiliary sheet discharging tray that is disposed below the discharged sheet placing portion, wherein a sheet insertion opening is formed between an upstream end of the auxiliary cover portion with respect to the first direction and the discharged sheet placing portion and communicates with an upstream side of the second placing portion with respect to the first direction, and wherein the auxiliary sheet discharging tray is movable in a forward direction and a rearward direction opposite to the forward direction, with respect to the sheet insertion opening, and a forward end of the auxiliary sheet discharging tray is configured to abut on a tail end of the recording medium placed on the second placing portion.