Patent ID: 8013883

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a first casing including an image forming section for forming an image on a recording medium; and a second casing, arranged above the first casing, including an ejecting section to which the recording medium formed with the image at the image forming section is ejected, and an image scanning section provided above the ejecting section and capable of reading image information from a document, wherein the second casing is provided with an upper surface including a generally horizontal surface, a lower surface extending beyond the upper surface in a generally horizontal direction and a side surface connecting an end edge of the upper surface and an end edge of the lower surface with each other, wherein the first casing is provided with an upper surface coming into contact with the lower surface of the second casing and a side surface including a generally vertical surface, wherein an inclined surface connecting the generally vertical surface of the first casing and the generally horizontal surface of the second casing with each other, is provided continuously along the first casing and the second casing, wherein the inclined surface includes a first inclined surface provided on the first casing and a second inclined surface provided on the second casing, and wherein the second casing is chamfered on a portion of the second inclined surface continuous with the first inclined surface.