Conveyance unit and image forming apparatus including this

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a conveyance unit configured to deliver a sheet toward a conveyance path;
• wherein the conveyance unit including;
• a cassette removably attached to an apparatus body;
• a conveyance interlocked part provided in the apparatus body so as to be adjacent the cassette;
• wherein the cassette including;
• a sheet storage part configured to store the sheet;
• a lift plate liftably provided between a lowered position along a bottom plate of the sheet storage part and a raised position separated upward from the bottom plate;
• and
• a biasing member configured to bias the lift plate to the raised position so as to cause the sheet on the lift plate to contact with a pickup roller;
• wherein the conveyance interlocked part including:
• a lever configured to engage with the lift plate when the cassette is attached to the apparatus body and being liftable together with the lift plate;
• a pressing mechanism configured to press the lever downward to keep the lift plate at the lowered position;
• and
• a support member provided between the apparatus body and the lever so as to suppress a drop of the lever disengaged from the lift plate when the cassette is detached from the apparatus body.