Patent ID: 9555989
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B65H,G03G

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a first sheet-transport-path portion that allows a sheet to be transported toward an image forming unit included in an image forming apparatus body; a second sheet-transport-path portion that allows a sheet fed from sheet trays, holding sheets and vertically stacked in a plurality of rows one above another, to be transported toward the image forming apparatus body; and an opening-closing member supported so as to be movable around a rotation axis between an open position, in which the opening-closing member collectively opens the first sheet-transport-path portion and the second sheet-transport-path portion to an outside, and a closed position, in which the opening-closing member collectively closes the first sheet-transport-path portion and the second sheet-transport-path portion, wherein the first sheet-transport-path portion is supported by the opening-closing member, wherein, when the opening-closing member moves to the closed position, the first sheet-transport-path portion moves in a direction toward or away from the rotation axis of the opening-closing member, the direction crossing a direction in which the opening-closing member is opened or closed, and wherein, in the state where the opening-closing member is in the closed position, the first sheet-transport-path portion is engaged with the image forming apparatus body.