Patent ID: 8564852

Claim:
A complex apparatus comprising: a recording device including a recording unit that executes recording on a medium, the recording device including an upper portion; an image reading device configured to be freely openable/closable with respect to the upper portion of the recording device via a hinge portion, the image reading device including an image reading unit that reads an image; a first contact portion configured to make contact with a housing of the recording device when the image reading device is in a closed state, the first contact portion being disposed in the image reading device; a second contact portion configured to make contact with the first contact portion when the image reading device is in the closed state, the second contact portion being disposed in the housing; and a third contact portion configured to make contact with the housing of the recording device at a lower area of the second contact portion opposite from an upper area of the second contact portion in contact with the first contact portion when the image reading device is in the closed state, the third contact portion being disposed in the apparatus frame that holds the recording unit, the first contact portion, the second contact portion and the third contact portion being aligned to transfer loads from the image reading device to the apparatus frame.