Patent ID: 8502999

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a housing, which is configured to form an external shape of the image forming apparatus; an image forming unit, which is stored inside the housing and configured to form an image on a recording medium; an image reader unit, which is stored inside the housing with respect to the image forming unit and configured to read an image formed on an original document; an ejecting space, which is formed in the housing and configured to catch the recording medium, with the image formed thereon, being ejected; a pickup opening, which is formed on a side of the housing to expose the ejecting space, and through which the recording medium caught in the ejecting space is picked up; and a frame assembly, which is arranged inside the housing and configured to hold the image forming unit and the image reader unit, wherein the housing comprises an operation unit, which is arranged in an upper position with respect to the ejecting space and configured to form an upper edge of the pickup opening, and through which input information concerning behaviors of the image forming unit and the image reader unit is entered, the operation unit including an electric circuit board; wherein an enhancement member, which extends along a widthwise direction to bridge over the ejecting space, is arranged in a lower position in the operation unit with respect to the electric circuit board, the widthwise direction being in parallel with the upper edge; wherein the frame assembly comprises a first support member, which is arranged in one of widthwise ends of the ejecting space, and a second support member, which is arranged in the other of widthwise ends of the ejecting space; and wherein one of widthwise ends of the enhancement member is connected to the first support member, and the other of the widthwise ends of the enhancement member is connected to the second support member.