Patent ID: 9110436
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a side cover mounted on a part of a side face of an apparatus body so as to freely open and close at least a part of a sheet feed path inside the apparatus body; and a fixing portion mounted at a position inside the apparatus body and close to the side cover and including a nip fixing an image to a recording medium fed in the sheet feed path, wherein: the side face includes an upper edge of an opening portion that is opened when the side cover is opened, the upper edge being positioned above a line connecting the nip and an outside upper part of the side face so as to enable the nip to be viewed from the outside upper part of the side face when the side cover is opened; the upper edge is positioned on an inner side of the apparatus body from a portion excluding the opening portion of the side face; a cutout portion is provided between the portion excluding the opening portion of the side face and the upper edge; and the cutout portion is an inclined surface of which a lower side is positioned on the inner side of the apparatus body from an upper side of the inclined surface.