Patent ID: 8331826

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an apparatus body including a first surface and a second surface substantially orthogonal to the first surface; an image forming unit provided in the apparatus body; a sheet conveying unit which conveys a sheet through the image forming unit; a first cover provided to the apparatus body movably between a closed position and an open position with respect to the first surface, the first cover including a first end part and a second end part opposite to the first end part; and a second cover provided to the apparatus body movably between a closed position and an open position with respect to the second surface, the second cover including a third end part and a fourth end part opposite to the third end part; wherein the first cover is rotatable about a first shaft extending in a direction parallel to the first surface and the second surface at the first end part, the first end part is positioned away from the second cover, and the second end part is positioned close to the second cover, wherein the second cover is rotatable about a second shaft extending in a direction substantially parallel to the first shaft on a side closer to the third end part than the fourth end part, the third end part of the second cover is positioned closer to the first surface than the second shaft, and a rotation locus of the third end part of the second cover interferes with a rotation locus of the second end part of the first cover, wherein at least one of the first cover and the second cover includes an operating surface which, when the second cover is rotated from the closed position toward the open position in a half-opened state of the first cover in which the second end part of the first cover interferes with the rotation locus of the third end part of the second cover, receives a pressing force in a direction causing the first cover to become either one of the open position and the closed position by the second end part of the first cover contacting the third end part of the second cover, wherein the first cover includes a tray on which the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying unit is discharged when the first cover is in the open position, and wherein the second cover is configured to open an opening of the apparatus body through which the image forming unit is exposed outside when the second cover is in the open position.