Patent ID: 7410313

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a case formed with a front face and a top face; a first accommodating portion formed in the case, the first accommodating portion having a first opening that opens into the front face; an imaging unit that forms an image on a recording medium, the imaging unit being detachably accommodated in the first accommodating portion; a front cover provided at the front face, the front cover being movable between a first position to open the first accommodating portion and a second position to close the first accommodating portion, the imaging unit being attached to and removed from the first accommodating portion through only the first opening when the front cover is at the first position, wherein the front cover is formed with a round portion, and wherein the front cover comprises a side rib that forms a part of a side face of the image forming apparatus, the side rib extending from a top to a bottom of the front cover, an edge of the side rib is connected to an edge of the side face of the image forming apparatus so that the side rib forms a part of the side face of the image forming apparatus when the front cover is at the second position.