Patent ID: 7577394
Filing Date: 2009-08-18
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a movable body that can swing around a swing fulcrum with respect to a main body of the apparatus; a first conveyance guide which is movably supported to the movable body and which guides a sheet; a second conveyance guide which is provided on the main body of the apparatus, which guides the sheet, an image formation unit which is provided on the main body of the apparatus and forms an image on the sheet guided by the first conveyance guide and the second conveyance guide; and an image reading unit provided on the movable body, to read an image of an original, wherein the movable body can swing between a first position where the first conveyance guide and the second conveyance guide are combined to form a sheet conveyance path to convey the sheet and a second position where the first conveyance guide is distanced from the second conveyance guide to enlarge a space for the sheet conveyance path; and wherein with rotation of the movable body from the first position to the second position, a part of the first conveyance guide on the swing fulcrum side of the movable body moves in a direction to leave the second conveyance guide and moves toward the movable body.