Patent ID: 8121515

Claim:
An image-forming apparatus comprising: a housing including a first frame member and a second frame member opposed to the first frame member; a plurality of image-forming units each including an image-holding member on which an image is formed, the image-holding member having a rotation shaft; a supporting unit provided to the first frame member, the supporting unit having a plurality of insertion holes each receiving and supporting an end portion of a rotation shaft of a corresponding one of the plurality of image-holding members inserted in an insertion direction from the second frame member to the first frame member; and a plurality of flat elastic bodies provided to the respective insertion holes, each flat elastic body having a plate member that is bent to form: an attachment part that is attached to a surface of the supporting unit facing in a direction opposite to the insertion direction; a leg part extending from the attachment part in the direction opposite to the insertion direction; and an elastic part extending from the leg part in the insertion direction through the insertion hole to press the end portion of the rotation shaft against an edge of the insertion hole at a position spaced apart from the insertion hole in the insertion direction.