Patent ID: 6690901
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus, comprising:a main body housing; an image reading block configured to read a manuscript image; an image forming block located below the image reading block and configured to form an image on a recording sheet; an operation block located at a front side of the image reading block and configured to operate the image forming apparatus; and a sheet discharge space provided between the image reading block and the image forming block, and configured to receive a discharged recording sheet having the image formed by the image forming block, the sheet discharge space being opened at at least one side in a width-wise direction of the main body housing and at a front side so the at least one side communicates with the front side, wherein a front end portion of the image reading block is located above the sheet discharge space and is arranged at a position shifted toward a rear end of the main body housing portion, wherein the image reading block is supported with respect to the image forming block only by a first main body housing portion of the main body housing at one side in the width-wise direction and a second main body housing portion of the main body housing at the rear end, and wherein the sheet discharge space is opened such that the front side communicates with the opened side, opposite a side where the first main body housing portion of the main body housing supporting the image reading block is located.