Patent ID: 8619273

Claim:
A multifunction apparatus configured to perform an image forming process where an image is formed on a recording medium and an image reading process where an image of a document is read, the multifunction apparatus comprising: a main unit including: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording medium; and a control circuit board configured to control the image forming unit and to perform controls for forming the image on the recording medium; an openable unit including: a document tray configured to receive placement of a document thereon; a feeder configured to feed the document received on the document tray along a feed path; and a reading portion disposed facing the feed path and configured to read an image of the document passing through the feed path; a hinge member disposed on both a rear side of the main unit and a rear side of the openable unit, the hinge member connecting the main unit and the openable unit such that the openable unit is pivotable around a rotation axis relative to the main unit, the rotation axis extending in a horizontal direction; and a flexible flat cable configured to transmit an output signal of the reading portion of the openable unit to the control circuit board of the main unit, wherein the control circuit board of the main unit is disposed generally parallel to a first side surface of the main unit and closer to the first side surface than to a second side surface of the main unit opposite the first side surface, wherein the first and second side surfaces are perpendicularly adjacent to the rear side of the main unit, wherein the reading portion of the openable unit is disposed closer to the first side surface of the main unit than to the second side surface of the main unit, and wherein, when viewed from the rear side of the main unit, at least a portion of the flexible flat cable extends vertically straightly between the openable unit and the main unit such that the hinge member and the at least a portion of the flexible flat cable are disposed closer to the first side surface of the main unit than to the second side surface of the main unit and the at least a portion of the flexible flat cable is disposed between the hinge member and the first side surface of the main unit.