Patent ID: 8010036

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an apparatus main body that performs image forming processing to a recording sheet; a sheet discharge port through which a recording sheet bearing thereon a formed image is discharged; a sheet receiving member provided on a top surface of the apparatus main body and provided with a sheet receiving surface for receiving the sheet discharged from the sheet discharge port, the sheet receiving member having an upstream end in proximity to the sheet discharge port and a downstream end remote from the sheet discharge port; a supporting point provided at the downstream end of the sheet receiving member and about which the sheet receiving member is swingably supported; and a swinging mechanism that allows the sheet receiving member to swing about the supporting point, wherein the swinging mechanism allows the sheet receiving member to swing about the supporting point between a first state where a portion of the sheet receiving surface at the upstream end of the sheet receiving member sinks below the top surface of the apparatus main body and a second state where the upstream and downstream ends of the sheet receiving member are substantially horizontal.