Patent ID: 7963524

Claim:
An image forming apparatus to form an image on a sheet of recording media, comprising: a discharge port formed in an upper portion of a main body of the image forming apparatus and exposed from above; a discharge portion to which the sheet is discharged, disposed downstream from the discharge port in a direction in which a sheet is discharged; a discharge roller disposed at the discharge port; a facing member disposed facing the discharge roller, forming a discharge nip together with the discharge roller through which the sheet is discharged; a rotatable sheet discharge member forming a sloped portion provided in the discharge portion, continuous with a downstream side of the discharge port in the direction in which the sheet is discharged, rotation of the sheet discharge member causing a position of the discharge nip to change; a discharge roller holder to hold the discharge roller, the discharge roller holder including a transport rib and a facing guide including a transport face; and a discharge driving unit to rotate the sheet discharge member in conjunction with the discharge roller holder to change rotational positions thereof, wherein both a direction in which the sheet is discharged from the discharge port and an angle between the sheet discharge member and an upper surface of the main body are adjustable, an angle between the transport rib and the roller nip and an angle between the transport face and the discharge nip are substantially constant regardless of a position of the sheet discharge member, and the facing guide includes a notch overlapping the transport rib.