Patent ID: 8744305

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming portion for forming an image on a recording material; an image reading portion, for reading an original image, movable between a first position and a second position in which said image reading portion is away from said image forming portion relative to the first position; an openable member movable between an open position in which said openable member exposes an inside of said image forming portion and a closed position in which said openable member covers said image forming portion; and a supporting portion configured to support said openable member to prevent said openable member from moving from the open position to the closed position when said image reading portion is located at the second position, wherein the image reading portion is movable from the first position to the second position in a state in which the openable member is located as it is in the closed position, wherein in a state in which the image reading portion is located in the second position, when the openable member is moved from the closed position to the open position, the openable member is supported by the supporting portion, wherein in a state in which the openable member is supported by the supporting portion, when said image reading portion is moved from the second position to the first position, the supporting portion is moved from a position in which the openable member is supported to a position in which the openable member is not supported, and the openable member is moved to the closed position.