PAPER FEEDING CASSETTE FOR ELECTRONIC PHOTOGRAPH COPYING MACHINE

PURPOSE:To permit the smooth feed of business form without being bent upwardly, by installing a contact plate so as to contact with the upper surface of the business form superposed into a paper feeding cassette. CONSTITUTION:In a cassette body 10, the business form 12 having a variety of size can be superposed, and a cassette cover 20 for covering the cassette body 10 is installed onto the superposed business form. One edge of the business form 12 contacts with the side wall of the cassette body 10. The uppermost business form 13 among the superposed business form 12 is supplied in the B direction by the revolution of a feeding roller 14 in the A direction. A contact plate 22 is installed so as to contact with the upper surface of the superposed business form 12, and one edge 22a is fixed onto the inside 20a of the cassette cover 20. The upper surface of the supplied business form 13 is regulated by the contact plate 22, and the upward bending is prevented, and smooth feeding is permitted.