Patent ID: 8514464

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a cover member which is openable and closable with respect to a main assembly of said image forming apparatus; and an image reading portion, movable to a first position and a second position which is retracted from an image forming portion more than the first position, for reading an image of an original, wherein said cover member is movable to a first open position in which said cover member is open with respect to the main assembly and to a second open position in which said cover member is further open with respect to the main assembly, and wherein said image reading portion is rested at the first position during movement of said cover member from a closed position to the first open position and is moved from the first position to the second position in interrelation with said cover member during movement of said cover member from the first open position to the second open position and is moved from the second position to the first position in interrelation with movement of said cover member from the second open position toward the closed position.