Patent ID: 9045300
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a housing including a first wall portion extending in a vertical direction, a second wall portion extending in the vertical direction on a side opposite from the first wall portion, and an internal space formed between the first wall portion and the second wall portion; an image forming portion that is disposed in the internal space and forms an image on a sheet; a sheet cassette that is inserted from the first wall portion into the internal space in an insertion direction intersecting the first wall portion, is attached to the housing in a protruding manner from the second wall portion to the outside of the housing, is open at a top thereof, and accommodates the sheet therein; an opening portion that is formed in the second wall portion and through which the sheet cassette passes; and a cover member that, in a first state in which the sheet cassette is not attached to the housing, seals the opening portion with a first length in the vertical direction and forms part of the second wall portion, and, in a second state in which the sheet cassette is attached to the housing, is pivoted by being abutted by part of the sheet cassette and covers a top of a portion of the sheet cassette, that is exposed to the outside of the housing, with a second length in the insertion direction that is greater than the first length in the vertical direction.