Patent ID: 8132974

Claim:
An image generating apparatus comprising: a print portion printing a paper; a platen roller arranged so as to be opposed to said print portion; a heat radiating member mounted on said print portion, radiating heat generated in said print portion, integrally provided with a plate-like support shaft as an axis of rotation and rotatable in a direction for coming into pressure contact with or separating from said platen roller; a regulating member regulating movement of said print portion in a printing direction of said paper; a chassis having a hole-shaped bearing receiving said plate-like support shaft; and a side plate mounted on said chassis; wherein: said side plate integrally includes a contact portion capable of limiting movement of said support shaft of said heat radiating member in an axial direction, and said contact portion is so formed as to be elastically deformable in a direction intersecting with the axial direction of said support shaft up to a position where said contact portion does not come into contact with said plate-like support shaft inserted into said hole-shaped bearing.