Patent ID: 8233018

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a first casing including an image forming section for forming an image on a recording medium; and a second casing, arranged above the first casing, including an ejecting section to which the recording medium formed with the image at the image forming section is ejected, and an image scanning section provided above the ejecting section and capable of reading image information from a document, wherein the second casing is provided with an upper surface including a generally horizontal surface, a lower surface extending beyond the upper surface in a generally horizontal direction and a side surface connecting an end edge of the upper surface and an end edge of the lower surface with each other, wherein the first casing is provided with an upper surface coming into contact with the lower surface of the second casing and a side surface including a generally vertical surface, wherein an inclined surface connecting the generally vertical surface of the first casing and the generally horizontal surface of the second casing with each other, is provided continuously along the first casing and the second casing, wherein an ejecting port communicating with the ejecting section is formed in the inclined surface in the second casing, wherein the ejecting section includes a receiving portion configured to receive the recording medium formed with the image by the image forming section, and the receiving portion protrudes outward from the ejecting port, wherein the ejecting section is arranged on a lower wall of the second casing, and wherein the second casing is movable with respect to the first casing.