Patent ID: 8731433

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a main body frame that is placed on a placement surface; an image forming unit that is provided at an upper portion in the main body frame and is configured to form an image on a recording medium; and an accommodation unit that is provided at a lower portion in the main body frame and is configured to accommodates the recording medium to be fed to the image forming unit, wherein the main body frame includes an upper frame that supports the image forming unit, and a lower frame that has a rigidity lower than the rigidity of the upper frame supports the upper frame from below, and supports the accommodation unit, and the upper and lower frames are covered with a cover member, and wherein the image forming apparatus further comprises a combining unit provided between the upper frame and the cover member, and configured to combine the cover member with the upper frame without being restricted by the lower frame; and a regulation mechanism that is provided between the lower frame and the cover member, and is configured to regulate relative movement of the cover member relative to the lower frame in other directions while allowing relative movement of the lower frame relative to the cover member in an up-down direction.