Patent ID: 8056894

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: at least one image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording sheet which is conveyed along a sheet feeding path; a feeder unit configured to feed the recording sheet in the sheet feeding path; and a frame unit configured to support the image forming unit and the feeder unit; wherein the frame unit includes; a pair of plate-like metal frames, each arranged on each side of the sheet feeding path, each plate-like metal frame having an inner surface extending in a parallel direction to the sheet feeding path and in a perpendicular direction of a surface of the recording sheet, the inner surfaces facing each other, and a plurality of connecting frames, which connect and hold the metal frames to be apart from each other, wherein the image forming unit is arranged in space defined by the plurality of connecting frames and is held by the pair of metal frames to be substantially fitted in between the pair of metal frames, and wherein the feeder unit is attached to an end of each of the pair of metal frames by an attachment system provided on each widthwise side of the feeder unit, the attachment system fixing the feeder unit to the pair of metal frames along a direction in parallel with the inner surfaces of the metal frames.