Patent ID: 8960664
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming portion that forms an image on a sheet; a sheet accommodation portion that is detachably mounted on an apparatus body and accommodates sheets to be formed with an image by the image forming portion; a conveyance guide member that is detachably mounted on the apparatus body above the sheet accommodation portion mounted on the apparatus body and that forms a sheet conveyance path which guides a sheet; supporting portions that are provided in the apparatus body to face each other and that laterally support the sheet accommodation portion and the conveyance guide member, the supporting portions including first guide portions which guide attachment and detachment of the sheet accommodation portion into and from the apparatus body and second guide portions which guide attachment and detachment of the conveyance guide member into and from the apparatus body; accommodation guided portions which are provided on both sides of the sheet accommodation portion in an attachment and detachment direction of the sheet accommodation portion and are slid along the first guide portions; and conveyance guided portions which are provided on both sides of the conveyance guide member in the attachment and detachment direction of the conveyance guide member and slid along the second guide portions, wherein the second guide portions are branched from the first guide portions, and common opening portions which the accommodation guided portions and the conveyance guided portions are inserted into and extracted from are formed at upstream-side ends of the first guide portions.