Patent ID: 8757794

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet; a housing which houses the image forming portion therein, the housing including an opening; an access cover provided so as to be rotatable with respect to the housing, and configured to cover at least a part of the opening when the access cover is closed; a feed tray provided so as to be rotatable with respect to the housing, and configured so that the sheet is placed thereon before the image is formed by the image forming portion; and a discharge tray provided so as to be rotatable with respect to the access cover, and configured so that the sheet is placed thereon after the image is formed by the image forming portion, wherein a rotation pivot of the feed tray and a rotation pivot of the access cover are arranged on the same axis, and a rotation pivot of the discharge tray is arranged with a shift from the rotation pivot of the access cover, and wherein the feed tray and the access cover rotate independently of each other.