Patent ID: 8013882
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a casing including an image forming section configured to form an image on a recording medium, an ejecting section which is provided above the image forming section and to which the recording medium formed with the image at the image forming section is ejected, and an image scanning section provided above the ejecting section and capable of reading image information from a document, the casing formed with an ejecting port communicating with the ejecting section; and an operating section including a display section displaying an operating situation of at least either the image forming section or the image scanning section, for operating at least either the image forming section or the image scanning section, wherein a side surface of the casing closer to the ejecting port includes a generally vertical surface and an upper surface of the casing includes a generally horizontal surface, wherein the casing is provided with an inclined surface inclined along a direction intersecting with the generally vertical surface and the generally horizontal surface for connecting the generally vertical surface and the generally horizontal surface with each other, the inclined surface extending below and beyond the ejection port, and wherein the ejecting port is formed on the inclined surface, while the operating section is arranged above the ejecting port on the inclined surface, wherein the casing includes: wherein the image forming section includes a plurality of image carriers which are parallelly arranged along a generally horizontal direction in the first casing and on which electrostatic latent images are formed, and wherein an LED element for forming the electrostatic latent image by exposing the image carrier is mounted on the second casing.