Patent ID: 7684727

Claim:
An image recording apparatus, comprising: a fusing device including: a heat roller for fusing a toner image formed on a sheet; a pressure roller, pressed against the heat roller, for applying pressure to the sheet; and a contact member placed in contact with the heat roller, the fusing device fixing the toner image on the sheet being transported between the heat roller and the pressure roller; a first unit movable along a first direction toward front of the apparatus, to be drawn out of the apparatus; and a second unit mounted in the first unit, the second unit being horizontally reciprocatable, with the first unit drawn out of the apparatus, along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, wherein: the fusing device is divided into a first portion where the pressure roller and the heat roller are located and a second portion where the contact member is located, the first portion is supported on the first unit, and the second portion is supported on the second unit in such a manner as to be detached from the first portion when the second unit is drawn out from the first unit.