Patent ID: 7636530

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: two covers pivotally mounted to a body of the image forming apparatus, each of said two covers being movable either to its opening position to open with respect to the image forming apparatus or to its closing position to close with respect to the image forming apparatus; a movable member positioned at a first position when said two covers are at their opening positions; a detector that detects whether said two covers are closed or opened with respect to the image forming apparatus; wherein when one of said two covers has moved to its closing position causing said movable member to move to a second position and the other of said two covers is at its closing position. said detector detects that said two covers are closed with respect to the image forming apparatus; an urging member that exerts an urging force on said movable member in a first direction; and wherein a first one of said two covers moves from its opening position to its closing position in a second direction opposite to the first direction, causing said movable member to move against the urging force to the second position.