Patent ID: 8142089

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming portion, which forms an image on a sheet, provided on an apparatus main body; and a sheet containing apparatus which stores sheets to be fed to the image forming portion and which is detachably mountable to the apparatus main body, the sheet containing apparatus comprising: a path member composing a sheet conveying path, wherein the sheet conveying path extends in a vertical direction, and sheets conveyed from below the sheet containing apparatus toward the image forming portion pass through the sheet conveying path; a protecting member, which protects the path member during the transportation of the sheet containing apparatus, and which is detachably attached to the sheet conveying path; an indication portion, which displays operating instructions of the sheet containing apparatus, and which is provided in a vicinity of the protecting member and on an upper surface of the sheet containing apparatus; and a tape-shaped fixing member configured to fix the protecting member in a position to protect the path member and to cover a part of the indication portion, wherein an end portion of the tape-shaped fixing member is wound around the protecting member.