Patent ID: 8644729

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a fusing unit that includes a fusing portion fusing a medium on which an image is formed, and pluralities of fusing unit supported portions; an image forming unit that is disposed below the fusing unit and includes pluralities of image forming unit supported portions, pluralities of fusing unit supporting portions supporting the fusing unit by receiving and supporting the pluralities of fusing unit supported portions, and an image holding body rotated while holding the image on a surface of the image holding body, the image holding body forming the image on the medium and sending the medium to the fusing unit; and a conveying unit that is disposed below the image forming unit and includes conveying members conveying the medium to the image forming unit, and pluralities of image forming unit supporting portions supporting the image forming unit by receiving and supporting the pluralities of image forming unit supported portions; wherein shapes of the pluralities of fusing unit supporting portions are different from shapes of the pluralities of image forming unit supporting portions.