Patent ID: 8879951

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an apparatus body having an opening; an open/close member which is provided to the apparatus body to be rotatable between an open position at which the open/close member opens the opening and a close position at which the open/close member closes the opening; and an image forming unit which is provided in the apparatus body to be drawable to an outside of the apparatus body through the opening, wherein the open/close member includes: a restraint member which is movable between a restraint position at which the restraint member contacts the image forming unit to restrain movement of the image forming unit and a restraint release position at which contact of the restraint member with the image forming unit is released to release the restraint on the image forming unit; and a moving member which is configured to move the restraint member from the restraint position toward the restraint release position as the open/close member moves from the close position to the open position, and wherein once the restraint member is moved from the restraint position toward the restraint release position, the restraint member is held at the restraint release position so as not to be moved from the restraint release position to the restraint position even when the open/close member is moved.