Patent ID: 9081356
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming apparatus main body; an opening/closing member disposed on a side of the image forming apparatus main body so as to open and close an opening of the image forming apparatus main body; and a unit installed on the opening/closing member; wherein the unit is installed flexibly movably on the opening/closing member by a support shaft member disposed on a side of the opening/closing member, a slit disposed on a side of the unit and a biasing member that biases the unit toward the image forming apparatus main body, wherein when a closing operation of the opening/closing member is performed, a positioning member disposed on the image forming apparatus main body engages with a positioned member disposed on the unit so that the unit is positioned, and wherein when the opening/closing member is closed, a direction of operation of pressing force, which the unit receives from the image forming apparatus main body, faces obliquely downward on the side of the opening/closing member.