Patent ID: 8605300

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an apparatus main body including an image forming part therein; an outer cover turnably supported at a first turning support point of the apparatus main body, the outer cover opening and closing a top surface of the apparatus main body; an image reading part arranged above the outer cover with a predetermined space therefrom and supported; at a second turning support point of the apparatus main body in a manner such as to be turnable in the same direction as a direction in which the outer cover turns; and a suspending mechanism turnably coupling together the image reading part, and the outer cover wherein the first turning support point is arranged with a distance from the second turning support point toward a turning end and the suspending mechanism is composed of: an open rail arranged at a bottom surface of the image reading part and extending from the turning support point of the image reading part toward the turning end; an arm part fixed to the outer cover and slidably engaging with the open rail; and a pin member coupling together the open rail and the arm part.