Patent ID: 8585201

Claim:
An image forming device, comprising: a housing comprising an opening on one side thereof, the housing accommodating an image formation unit; an opening and closing member rotatably supported by the housing, the opening and closing member being able to swing, about a swinging axis provided on a lower side of the opening and closing member, between an opened state where the opening is exposed and a closed state where the opening is covered by the opening and closing member but a space under the lower edge of the opening and closing member is formed; a pair of shaft parts respectively provided at lower portions of side walls of the opening and closing member to protrude outward away from each other along the swinging axis, the side walls being formed to face each other while sandwiching a lower edge of the opening and closing member between the side walls; and a pair of shaft support members respectively provided on the housing at portions where the housing faces the side walls of the opening and closing member, wherein: each of the pair of shaft support members has a shaft hole into which a respective one of the pair of shaft parts is inserted; each of the pair of shaft support members has a fixed part provided at an upper portion of the shaft support member to be fixed to the housing, and a deformable part integrally formed with the fixed part to extend downward from the fixed part, the deformable part comprising a corresponding one of the shaft holes; and the deformable part is formed such that a lower edge part of the deformable part is positioned on a center side of the opening and closing member with respect to a position of the fixed part when viewed from the side on which the opening is formed so that, when an upward force is applied to the lower edge of the opening and closing member, the deformable part is deformed such that the shaft holes respectively approach the side walls of the opening and closing member.