Patent ID: 8442418
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a sheet cassette, provided in an apparatus body, configured to store sheets; a sheet feed unit, provided in the apparatus body, including a separating unit, configured to feed sheets, separated from the sheet cassette by the separating unit, one by one; a conveyance unit, provided in the apparatus body, configured to convey a sheet fed from the sheet cassette by the sheet feed unit; a first door, which is provided on the apparatus body in an openable/closable manner, and the first door provides access to the conveyance unit in the state of an open manner thereof; a rotation shaft configured to rotatably support the first door; and a second door which is arranged interior to a perimeter of the first door, having an edge aligned with an edge of the first door, and in an openable/closable manner in a state of the close manner of the first door, wherein the second door provides access to a portion of the separating unit near the rotation shaft in a state of the open manner of the second door.