Patent ID: 8208834

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a first body formed with an opening; a second body which is supported on the first body, and which is rotatable about an axis between an open posture in which the opening is opened and a closed posture in which the opening is closed; a swingable member which comprises one end swingably supported on the second body, and another end opposite to the one end, wherein the swingable member takes a distant posture in which the other end is distant from the second body when the second body is in the closed posture, wherein as the second body is rotated from a first angle position at which the second body is rotated by a first angle from the closed posture, toward the open posture, the swingable member swings from the distant posture toward an adjacent posture in which the other end is closer to the second body than the distant posture, and wherein as the second body is rotated from the open posture toward the first angle position, the swingable member swings toward the distant posture; and a regulating mechanism which regulates a swingable range of the swingable member when the second body is rotated from a third angle position at which the second body is rotated by a third angle from the closed posture, toward the closed posture, wherein when the second body is rotated from the closed posture toward the open posture, the regulating mechanism regulates the swingable range of the swingable member between the closed posture and a second angle position at which the second body is rotated from the closed posture by a second angle, and releases the regulation of the swingable range of the swingable member between the second angle position to the open posture.