Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image forming unit that records a first image on a first surface of blank recording medium;
• and
• a conveying device including,
• a paper feeding tray that is detachably disposed below the image forming unit in a chassis and contains a sheet of the blank recording medium;
• a feeding unit that feeds the blank recording medium from the paper feeding tray to the image forming unit, wherein the image forming unit forms a first image on a first surface of the blank recording medium;
• and
• a recirculating path that leads the recording medium having the first image printed on the first surface to the feeding unit, wherein the feeding unit feeds the recording medium having the first image printed on the first surface to the image forming unit, and the image forming unit forms a second image on a second surface of the recording medium having the first image printed on the first surface, wherein
• the recirculating path is disposed lateral to the image forming unit,
• a part of the recirculating path is integrated into the paper feeding tray and forms a reversing path that leads to the feeding unit,
• a component that forms a surface of the reversing path opens so as to expose the reversing path, the component being pivotally connected to the paper feeding tray via a shaft as a rotation axis thereof received on a paper feeding tray and including a stop portion that engages with a portion of the paper feeding tray, and wherein the conveying device further includes a manual-feeding path that extends from an insertion slot to join the reversing path, the insertion slot being disposed in the chassis at a substantially same height as the feeding unit and the component guides a paper supplied manually from the insertion slot to the feeding unit
• wherein a joining part of the manual feeding path and the reversing path is exposed by pivotally rotating the component.