Patent ID: 8032071

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image reading part configured to read image information on an original document; an image forming part configured to form an image on a sheet according to the image information; a sheet discharge part configured to discharge the sheet on which the image is formed from a front side to a back side of a main body; a sheet stack part onto which the sheet is discharged, located between the image reading part and the image forming part; a first side supporter located outside the sheet stack part along a sheet discharge direction, the first side supporter including a first sloped portion ascending in the discharge direction; and a second side supporter located outside the sheet stack part along the sheet discharge direction, the second side supporter including a second sloped portion ascending in the discharge direction, wherein the first and second side supporters form a space between the sheet stack part and the image reading part, wherein the second sloped portion is longer than the first sloped portion in the sheet discharge direction.