Image forming apparatus having overturning prevention parts

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

an image forming apparatus main body;

an image forming part provided in the image forming apparatus main body, to form an image on a recording medium;

an operation part configured to operate the image forming apparatus;

a support part provided on a bottom surface of the image forming apparatus main body and in contact with a mounting surface for the image forming apparatus main body to support the image forming apparatus main body; and

a convex part provided on the bottom surface,

wherein the convex part being provided on the operation part side from the support part, and is configured to form a clearance between the convex part and the mounting surface in response to no inclination of the image forming apparatus, and

wherein the convex part is configured to contact the mounting surface in response to inclination of the image forming apparatus.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an edge of the bottom surface on the operation part side is positioned between a center of the image forming apparatus main body and a center of the operation part.

3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an opening/closing part attached to the image forming apparatus main body and opened to the operation part side,

wherein a rotational center of the opening/closing part is positioned between a center of the image forming apparatus main body and a center of the operation part.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the convex part is positioned on the operation part side from the image forming part.

5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the image forming apparatus main body comprises:

an attachment part to which the image forming part is attached; and

an exterior part arranged to support the operation part and cover the support part, and

the convex part is provided on the exterior part.

6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the convex part is positioned on an outer side from the support part in a lengthwise direction of the operation part.

7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in the image forming apparatus main body, the bottom surface is smaller than an upper side surface of the image forming apparatus main body.

8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the convex part comprises a plurality of convex parts and the support part comprises a plurality of support parts, and

wherein the plurality of convex parts are disposed apart from the plurality of support parts toward outer-most edges of the bottom surface in a length-wise direction and a width-wise direction,

wherein the length-wise direction and the widthwise direction are perpendicular from each other and are perpendicular from the gravitational direction.

9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a document reading device which is provided above the image forming apparatus main body,

wherein the document reading device is movable with respect to the image forming apparatus to rotate around a rotational center which is provided at a rear end of the image forming apparatus main body,

wherein the convex part comprises a plurality of convex parts, and

wherein at least one convex part is provided rear side from the support part.

10. The image forming apparatus according to claim 9 ,

wherein the document reading device comprises a reading part, and

wherein the reading part moves with respect to the image forming apparatus main body in association with the movement of the document reading device with respect to the image forming apparatus main body.

11. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the convex part comprises a plurality of convex parts and the support part comprises a plurality of support parts, and

wherein the plurality of convex parts are provided outside a region surrounded by the plurality of support parts.