forming a recording sheet receiving space in opposed relationship with said first guide member, an open portion 20 at the upper end of said first guide member for permitting the reversal of the trailing end edge of the recording sheet, a pair of discharge rollers comprising a discharge roller 28 provided on the recording sheet discharge portion side of the recording apparatus and driven and a pinch roller 29 provided in opposed relationship with said discharge roller, a rotatable grip roller 33 provided in said receiving space, and a pressing plate 30 provided in said receiving space for gripping the leading end edge of the recording sheet fed downwardly.
Thus, when the recording sheet discharged from the image forming unit of the recording apparatus is to be received ontothe recording sheet receiving tray, the recording sheet having an image already formed thereon which is paid away from the pair of discharge rollers 28 and 29 in the discharge portion has its leading end edge bearing against the first guide member 14 and is guided downwardly into the receiving space for the recording sheet.
The leading end edge of the recording sheet which has come into the sheet receiving space is caught by the grip roller 33 and fed downwardly and gripped by a gripping portion, whereafter it bears against the bottom of the tray and its forward movement is stopped.
When image recording is going on, the recording sheet still continues to be discharged, and is discharged in the form of a loop from the apparatus body by