Patent ID: 8867197

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet; a first metal frame; a second metal frame, the first metal frame and the second metal frame facing each other and being configured to support the image forming unit; a resin frame configured to support a bottom of the first metal frame and a bottom of the second metal frame; and an elongated unit including an electric device and having a length larger than a distance between the first metal frame and the second metal frame; wherein the first metal frame has a first cutout at an end thereof and the second metal frame has a second cutout at an end thereof, the elongated unit extends through both the first cutout of the first metal frame and the second cutout of the second metal frame such that the one end of the elongated unit protrudes outward beyond the first metal frame and the other end of the elongated unit protrudes outward beyond the second metal frame.