US 2013/0154184 A1 · IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a main body including a printing unit for printing an image on a recording medium and a pickup roller for picking up the recording medium, a paper feeding device, which includes an elevatable knock-up plate on which recording media are stackable and a pressure member for elastically pressing the knock-up plate towards the pickup roller and is removably inserted into the main body, and a variable guide unit, which is supported by the main body, is fixed in a slope state to lower the knock-up plate in a direction against the pickup roller when the paper feeding device is withdrawn from the main body, and moves to maintain a contact state with the knock-up plate due to a rising state of the knock-up plate in a state in which the paper feeding device is inserted into the main body.

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Dependent claims

An image forming apparatus comprising:

a main body comprising a printing unit for printing an image on a recording medium and a pickup roller for picking up the recording medium;
a paper feeding device, which comprises an elevatable knock-up plate on which recording media are stackable and a pressure member for elastically pressing the knock-up plate towards the pickup roller, and is removably inserted into the main body;
and
a variable guide unit, which is supported by the main body, is fixed in a slope state so as to lower the knock-up plate in a direction away from the pickup roller when the paper feeding device is being withdrawn from the main body, and moves to maintain a contact state with the knock-up plate when the paper feeding device is inserted into the main body.

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Image forming apparatus

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Image forming apparatus

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Abstract

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