PRINTING MEDIUM FEEDING CASSETTE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME

摘要

Disclosed are a printing media holder and an image forming apparatus including the same. The printing media holder includes an printing media alignment unit capable of moving bidirectionally toward and away from the printing media loaded on the printing media holder, and includes a release mechanism that releases the printing media alignment unit, to allow the printing media alignment unit to move its position for aligning of print media of different sizes, in response to a force received thereto in any of the bidirectional directions.

主权项

1. A printing medium feeding cassette for accommodating printing media for use in an image forming apparatus, comprising:
a cassette body having arranged therein a body hook formed along an adjustment direction, the adjustment direction being one of a width direction and a length direction of the printing media; a knock-up plate supported in the cassette body, the knock-up plate having a surface for supporting thereon the printing media; and an aligning unit supported on the cassette body for aligning the printing media loaded on the knock-up plate, the aligning unit having a unit body movable along the adjustment direction, a unit hook configured to selectively come into an engaging contact with the body hook and a hook releaser coupled to the unit body, the hook releaser being configured to receive an external force and to cause the unit hook to be released from the body hook in response to the external force received in each of a pulling direction and a pushing direction.