Patent ID: 9609157
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G03G,H04N

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a first casing configured to accommodate a reading portion for reading an image to be read; a second casing configured to accommodate an image forming portion for forming an image to be formed, wherein said second casing is provided below said first casing with respect to a vertical direction and includes a mounting portion, on which said first casing is mountable, at an upper portion of said second casing, said mounting portion including a first mounting portion provided at a first-side-surface side of said second casing and a second mounting portion provided at a second-side-surface side perpendicular to the first-side-surface side of said second casing; wherein between said first casing and said second casing, a space, for permitting discharge of a recording material on which the image to be formed is formed by the image forming portion, is provided so as to continuously open toward a third-side-surface side opposing the first-side-surface side and a fourth-side-surface side opposing the second-side-surface side; a first supporting portion configured to support said first casing, wherein said first supporting portion is provided on at least one of said first casing and said mounting portion at a position away from said second mounting portion with respect to a widthwise direction of the first-side-surface side of said first mounting portion; a second supporting portion configured to support said first casing, wherein said second supporting portion is provided on at least one of said first casing and said mounting portion at a position at a second mounting portion side with respect to the widthwise direction of the first-side-surface side of said first mounting portion; a third supporting portion configured to support said first casing, wherein said third supporting portion is provided on at least one of said first casing and said mounting portion at a position away from said first mounting portion with respect to a widthwise direction of the second-side-surface side of said second mounting portion; a projection provided on one of an upper surface of said first mounting portion and a bottom of said first casing and having a surface facing the one of the upper surface of said first mounting portion and the bottom of said first casing on which said projection is not provided, wherein said projection is disposed between the upper surface of said first mounting portion and the bottom of said first casing, with a predetermined gap between the surface of said projection and the one of the upper surface of said first mounting portion and the bottom of said first casing on which said projection is not provided, in a state in which no load is externally exerted on said first casing, and wherein said projection regulates an attitude of said first casing in a state in which a predetermined load is exerted downward on an upper portion of a corner formed between the third-side-surface side and the fourth-side-surface side of said first casing; and a cantilever provided on the second-side-surface side of said second casing on an opposite side to said first mounting portion with respect to the widthwise direction of the second-side-surface, wherein said cantilever is configured so that the bottom of said first casing is not mounted on said cantilever, and said cantilever includes a fixing portion configured to fix a side surface of said first casing and said second casing.