Patent ID: 7982923

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image reading part configured to read an original; an image forming part configured to form an image of the original on a sheet; a sheet discharge part configured to discharge the sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming part from front to rear of a main body of the image forming apparatus; a sheet stack part configured to stack the sheet discharged by the sheet discharge part between the image reading part and the image forming part; a supporter provided outside the sheet stack part along a discharge direction of the sheet and configured to form a space between the sheet stack part and the image reading part; a connector configured to electrically connect the image forming part with the image reading part; a bending unit provided between the image reading part and the supporter and configured to bend back the connector in a sliding direction of the image reading part; and a bend limiter provided at a rear position of the image reading part in the sliding direction and configured to limit bending of the connector.