Patent ID: 9709947
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a containing member that is detachably disposed in an interior space of a housing and that contains a color material; an opening and closing member that opens and closes an opening of the housing by rotating about an axis, which is formed in a lower portion of the housing, when the containing member is replaced; and a cover member that includes a plurality of surface portions, a first end, which is attached to the housing, and a second end, which is attached to the opening and closing member, and that forms a color-material-receiving surface by covering a region between the housing and the opening and closing member from above in a state where the opening and closing member opens the opening of the housing, the cover member being formed to be folded in such a manner that one of the surface portions and the other surface portions of the color-material-receiving surface face one another in a state where the opening and closing member closes the opening of the housing.