Patent ID: 7292805

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a sheet feeding cassette for accommodating a sheet; a sheet feeding means for feeding the sheet from the sheet feeding cassette; a transcribing roller for transcribing a toner image formed at an image carrier onto the sheet; a fixing means for fixing the toner image transcribed onto the sheet to the sheet; a sheet discharging tray for receiving the sheet fed from the fixing means; a pair of carrying means, disposed between the sheet feeding means and the transcribing roller, for carrying the sheet fed from the sheet feeding means toward the transcribing roller; and a pair of discharge sheet carrying means, disposed between the fixing means and the sheet discharging tray, for carrying the sheet fed from the fixing means toward the sheet discharging tray, wherein the carrying means, the transcribing roller and the discharge sheet carrying means are held by a single opening and closing member capable of opening and closing to a main body of the image forming apparatus, and the single opening and closing member exposes the image carrier and the fixing means, fixed within the main body, when the opening and closing member is opened. wherein the carrying means and the discharge sheet carrying means are held by the opening and closing member in a state that the carrying means and the discharge sheet carrying means are in pair forms.