Patent ID: 8099016
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image-forming apparatus comprising: an image-forming section having a lower housing which is a box-like member having a substantially rectangular shape as viewed from above and which has a paper ejection port and a catch tray at an upper portion thereof, and an image-reading section having an upper housing which has a substantially rectangular shape as viewed from above, which is disposed above the image-forming section in such a manner as to cover the catch tray from above, and which is supported by the lower housing in such a manner as to be pivotable about a pivotal axis located in the vicinity of an edge of the lower housing resembling a rectangular parallelepiped; wherein the lower housing comprises: a first side support portion which is located on a side of the lower housing corresponding to one end of the pivotal axis and which supports the upper housing from underneath, and a second side support portion which is located on a side of the lower housing corresponding to the other end of the pivotal axis and which supports the upper housing from underneath; an end portion of the first side support portion which is located away from the pivotal axis supports, from underneath, a first upper corner portion which is a corner portion of the upper housing located on a free-end side of the upper housing apart from the pivotal axis; a first lower corner portion which is a corner portion of the lower housing located just under the first upper corner portion is provided continuously with the end portion of the first side support portion; an end portion of the second side support portion which is located away from the pivotal axis is located at a position which is offset toward the pivotal axis from a second upper corner portion which is a corner portion of the upper housing located on the free-end side of the upper housing; and a second lower corner portion which is a corner portion of the lower housing located just under the second upper corner portion has a recess such that the second upper corner portion projects beyond the second lower corner portion.