Patent ID: 8107851
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a first main body having a front with an operation unit housing user controls, a rear and left and right side surfaces defining a lateral width, the first main body housing an image reading unit for reading image information of a document; a second main body arranged below the first main body and having a front, a rear and left and right side surfaces defining a lateral width that is less than the lateral width of the first main body, the second main body housing an image forming unit for performing a specified image forming process based on the image information read by the image reading unit; a side cover mounted on at least one of the side surfaces of the second main body, the side cover including a first wall surface and a second wall surface, the first wall surface extending along a plane connecting a first edge extending in forward and backward directions at one of the side surfaces of the first main body and a second edge extending in forward and backward directions at a bottom part of the second main body the second wall surface closing a substantially inverted triangular opening formed between a front edge of the first wall surface and the respective side surface of the second main body and including an inclined surface portion obliquely extending from the front edge of the first wall surface toward the respective front side surface of the second main body.