Patent ID: 8600263

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a main body comprising: two first frames disposed to face each other; and a second frame disposed to bridge a gap between the two first frames; an image forming unit disposed between the two first frames; a feed roller unit configured to feed a sheet passing through the image forming unit in a sheet feeding direction, the feed roller unit comprising: a first roller having a first rotational axis line extending in such a direction as to bridge the gap between the two first frames; and a second roller having a second rotational axis line substantially parallel to the first rotational axis line, the second roller being configured to contact the first roller; an urging member configured to provide an urging force in an urging direction substantially parallel to the first frames so as to bring the first roller and the second roller into contact with each other; and a sheet-shaped spacer detachably attached in a manner directly pinched between the main body and one of the first roller and the second roller, so as to lead to one of separating the first roller from the second roller and weakening a contact force between the first roller and the second roller, against the urging force provided by the urging member, the sheet-shaped spacer comprising: two sheet-shaped spacer members provided to correspond to both ends of the first roller in a rotational axis direction of the first roller, respectively; and a sheet-shaped joint portion configured to connect the two sheet-shaped spacer members with each other while keeping away from a contact portion between the first roller and the second roller.