Patent ID: 7463848

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit which forms an image on a recording sheet; a casing which houses the image forming unit and holds the image forming unit; a follower roller; a conveying roller which is provided on the casing, confronts the follower roller, contacts the recording sheet to be conveyed in the casing, conveys the recording sheet, and is supported to rotate by the casing, the conveying roller having a spindle; and a cover which opens and closes an opening formed in a portion of the casing which corresponds to the conveying roller, wherein the conveying roller is arranged on a cover side of the recording sheet to be conveyed and the follower roller is arranged on the opposite side of the recording sheet, the cover including a pushing unit having a protrude portion, wherein if the cover is closed, the pushing unit directly contacts the spindle of the conveying roller and exerts a pushing force to push the conveying roller toward the recording sheet to act on the spindle and the protrude portion protrudes toward the conveying roller and contacts the spindle, and wherein if the cover is opened, the pushing unit releases the pushing force by moving in association with the cover.