Cassette loading device for image forming apparatus.

摘要

The present invention provides a cassette loading device for an image forming apparatus including a sheet feeding portion within which a cassette (3) for accommodating sheets is loaded, and a sheet feeding means arranged in the sheet feeding portion and adapted to feed the sheet from the cassette (3) loaded within the sheet feeding portion. The cassette loading device comprises a guide means for guiding the cassette to be loaded; a cassette shifting means (5) rotatable along the guide means and having pins engageable with the cassette (3) inserted into the sheet feeding portion; a driving means for driving the cassette shifting means (5); vertical surfaces formed in the cassette and against which the pins are abutted to shift the cassette; and horizontal recesses formed in the cassette and adapted to direct the pins toward the vertical surfaces. The present invention further provides an image forming apparatus which includes an image forming means for forming an image on the sheet being fed, and the above-mentioned cassette loading device.