Patent ID: 7529506

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an apparatus main body that is provided with an image forming section that forms an image on a sheet; a first guide member that guides the sheet along a sheet conveying path and is configured to be displaceable relative to the apparatus main body; a second guide member that guides the sheet along the sheet conveying path and is configured to be displaceable relative to the apparatus main body; and a single detecting unit that detects that both of the first guide member and the second guide member are respectively disposed at normal guide positions for guiding the sheet, wherein the detecting unit comprises: a displacing member that displaces in conjunction with displacements of the first guide member and the second guide member; and a sensor device that detects a displacement of the displacing member, and wherein the displacing member is displaced to a first displacement position when both of the first guide member and the second guide member are respectively disposed at the normal guide positions, and is displaced to a second displacement position when at least one of the first guide member and the second member is displaced from the respective normal guide positions, wherein either one of the first guide member and the second guide member is provided with the displacing member to be pivotable, and the other one of the first guide member and the second guide member is provided with a press operating portion that presses the displacing member, and wherein the displacing member is configured to be maintained at a position to be pressed by the press operating portion when both of the first guide member and the second guide member are respectively disposed at the normal guide positions.