Patent ID: 7515849

Claim:
An image forming apparatus having a swing door provided on an apparatus main body, comprising: a swing-door supporting structure for rotatably supporting the swing door at a position of a supporting point of rotation, and an inverting conveyance path for discharging a sheet while inverting the sheet, wherein the swing-door supporting structure forms the inverting conveyance path of a specified width with the swing door closed and wherein the swing-door supporting structure is configured such that the swing door is moved in a direction away from the inverting conveyance path as the swing door is rotated into an open position, the swing-door supporting structure includes a rotary shaft integrally projecting from a bottom end position of the swing door along a sheet width direction orthogonally intersecting a sheet conveying direction; and an oblong hole formed in the apparatus main body, inclined downward toward an outer side of the apparatus main body and adapted to support the rotary shaft, the rotary shaft includes a projection fixed thereto in such a manner as to extend in lateral direction toward an inner side of the apparatus main body with the swing door closed, and the oblong hole is formed at an upper position thereof with a recessed groove into which the projection is fitted with the swing door closed.