Patent ID: 7252446

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a case formed with a front face and a top face; a first accommodating portion formed in the case; an imaging unit that forms an image on a recording medium, the imaging unit being accommodated in the first accommodating portion detachably; and a front cover provided at the front face, the front cover being movable between a first position to open the first accommodating portion and a second position to close the first accommodating portion, the inaging unit being attached to and removed for the first accommadating portion when the front cover is at the first position; wherein the front cover is formed with a round portion and a slit opening that penetrates the front cover, and the front cover is divided into an upper part above the slit opening and a lower part below the slit opening, the upper part having an upper face that inclines upward, the lower part having a lower face that extends substantially horizontally, the upper face and the lower face defining the slit opening.