Patent ID: 9075389
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a casing having an opening that is open upward; a cover supported by the casing such that the cover is configured to pivot around a pivot axis to open and close the opening, the cover including a pressing portion; a process cartridge configured to be attached to or removed from the casing through the opening; and a particular guide configured to guide the process cartridge when the process cartridge is attached to or removed from the casing, wherein the pressing portion is configured to, when the cover is closing the opening, contact the process cartridge being attached inside the casing and press the process cartridge toward an attachment position in which the process cartridge is attached to the casing, wherein a path of the pressing portion in the casing, while the cover pivots, is substantially a same shape as a shape of the particular guide as viewed from an axial direction of the pivot axis, and wherein the path of the pressing portion and the shape of the particular guide are arc shaped having substantially a same radius from the pivot axis.