Patent ID: 9042770
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: B41J,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus which forms an image on a recording medium, comprising: a cover which is rotatably supported by a main body of the apparatus; and a supporting member which is rotatably supported by the main body of the apparatus at a rotation center disposed on the main body, the supporting member supporting the cover at a plurality of predetermined opening angles, wherein one of the cover and the supporting member includes a connecting portion which connects the cover and the supporting member, the other one of the cover and the supporting member has a first path which guides the connecting portion and a second path which is bifurcated from the first path, when the connecting portion is located at an end of the first path, the cover is supported at a first opening angle, and when the connecting portion is located at an end of the second path, the cover is supported at a second opening angle which is larger than the first opening angle, and the first path and the second path are formed such that the connecting portion moves from the first path to the second path by the weight of the cover when the supporting member upwardly rotates about the rotation center from a state that the cover is supported at the first opening angle.