Patent ID: 7826753

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming portion including a photoconductor that carries a developer image to be transferred onto a recording sheet, and an exposure unit that exposes the photoconductor; a first side plate portion and a second side plate portion arranged on respective sides of the image forming portion in a horizontal direction to oppose to each other, the first and second side plate portions supporting the image forming portion and extending in a substantially vertical direction; a metal top plate portion fixed to the first side plate portion and the second side plate portion so that the top plate portion extends in the horizontal direction to connect an upper end side of the first side plate portion and an upper end side of the second side plate portion and covers an upper side of the exposure unit; an antenna portion for radio communication, disposed on a top side of the top plate portion; and a discharge tray on which the recording sheet is placed after the recording sheet is printed and discharged, wherein the first side plate portion and the second side plate portion are constructed to have metal plates, respectively, wherein the first and second side plate portions are fixed to the metal top plate to form a frame, and wherein the exposure unit, the metal top plate portion and the antenna portion are disposed to be superposed on each other in the vertical direction and an upper side of the antenna is covered by the discharge tray.