Feeding cassette and recording device

A feeding cassette comprising:

• a cassette body configured to accommodate a medium in a stacked state;
• a hopper disposed in the cassette body, the medium being stacked on the hopper, and the hopper being configured to swing with respect to the cassette body;
• a side guide configured to regulate a position of the medium in a width direction and to move in the width direction;
• and
• a lift plate configured to rotate around a rotational movement shaft parallel to the width direction with one end portion of the lift plate serving as a rotational fulcrum, to support an under surface of the hopper from below and move the hopper upward, using a tip portion, the tip portion being an end portion of the lift plate on an opposite end from the rotational fulcrum, wherein
• the hopper includes a central portion positioned at a center in the width direction, and an extension portion extending to both sides in the width direction from a downstream portion of the central portion in a feeding direction in which the medium is fed,
• the hopper includes a constricted portion for reinforcement protruding to an under side, in at least the extension portion,
• the constricted portion for reinforcement includes a supporting constricted portion with which the tip portion of the lift plate comes into contact when supporting the under surface of the hopper in a swingable range of the hopper,
• the supporting constricted portion includes a first constricted portion in a path including a component in the feeding direction, at least a part of the first constricted portion being provided in the extension portion,
• the lift plate supports the first constricted portion over at least a part of the swingable range of the hopper,
• the rotational movement shaft of the lift plate is disposed upstream of the extension portion in the feeding direction, and
• in plan view from a direction perpendicular to a stacking surface when the hopper is at a retracted position at which the hopper is lowered to a greatest extent, the lift plate is covered by the hopper when the lift plate is at a maximum raised position and at a maximum lowered position.