Patent ID: 8571439

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an opening/closing member that is supported so as to be capable of moving relative to an image forming apparatus main body and opens/closes an opening portion of the image forming apparatus main body; and a unit installed so as to be capable of swinging on an image forming apparatus main body side of the opening/closing member, wherein when the opening/closing member is opened/closed, the unit moves in a track that moves around a guide shaft of the unit, and in a track that moves so as to follow opening/closing of the opening/closing member, wherein the image forming apparatus further includes a pressing force bearing member for allowing at least part of a pressing force applied to the unit to be borne on the image forming apparatus main body side when the opening/closing member has been closed, wherein the pressing force bearing member is provided in the image forming apparatus main body, and includes a guide member where a notch has been formed on an extension of the movement track of the unit when a closing operation of the opening/closing member is performed, and a guide shaft provided in the unit, and wherein the guide shaft of the unit enters into the notch of the guide member when the opening/closing member has been closed.