Patent ID: 8478165

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming apparatus body; an openable member that is supported movably between an opening position where the openable member is opened to reveal an inside of the image forming apparatus body and a closing position where the openable member is closed to hide the inside of the image forming apparatus body; a positioning portion that is provided in the image forming apparatus body; a positioned portion that is supported on the openable member and that is brought into contact with the positioning portion to be positioned when the openable member is in the closing position; a rotary member that is supported on the image forming apparatus body; and an opposed member that is supported on the openable member, wherein, when the openable member moves to the closing position, the opposed member moves in a moving direction crossing an opening/closing direction of the openable member, and the opposed member is opposed to the rotary member rotatably when the openable member is in the closing position, a first urging member that is supported by the openable member; and a movable piece that supports the positioned portion and the opposed member and that is supported movably relatively to the openable member, wherein the first urging member urges the opposed member toward an image retainer when the openable member is in the closing position, and wherein the first urging member urges the movable piece in a direction moving away from a pivot axis of the openable member.