Patent ID: 8862021

Claim:
A transportable image forming apparatus, comprising: a case accommodating an image forming portion, the case including a plurality of parts including a first part and a second part that are attached to be mutually rotatable within a predetermined range at a coupling portion on one end side of each of the first part and the second part; and a handle including a base having a first end and a second end, the first end including a shaft portion and the second end from which a grasp portion extends, wherein the handle is provided swingably between an exposure position where the grasp portion is away from a side face of the case on a side of the coupling portion of the first part and the second part and a retraction position where the grasp portion is close to the side face, wherein the first part includes, on a side of the coupling portion to the second part, a first shaft bearing configured to rotatably support the shaft portion, the first shaft bearing including an opening through which the shaft portion passes in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the shaft portion, and the second part includes, on a side of the coupling portion to the first part, a limiting member configured to limit displacement of a central axis position of the shaft portion with reference to a central axis position of the first shaft bearing over entire of the predetermined range when the second part is attached to the first part.