Image forming apparatus
View Patent ↗Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, an image reading unit that is provided above the image forming unit so as to read an image of a document, a frame that accommodates the image forming unit therein, including a pair of front and rear planar members disposed so as to face each other and a beam portion that connects the pair of planar members and supports upward the image reading unit, and a cover that covers at least a portion of the frame, provided with an opening portion of which an upper edge portion is supported by the beam portion.
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium;
an image reading unit that is provided above the image forming unit so as to read an image of a document;
a frame that accommodates the image forming unit therein, including a pair of front and rear planar members disposed along a front and rear of the image forming apparatus so as to face each other and a beam portion disposed along a side of the image forming apparatus that connects the pair of planar members and supports upward the image reading unit, the front planar member provided with a first opening portion in which a paper discharge surface is disposed; and
a cover that covers at least a portion of the frame, provided with a second opening portion of which an upper edge portion is supported by the beam portion.
2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the image forming unit includes a discharge surface on an upper surface thereof, to which a recording medium having an image formed thereon is discharged, and
the opening portion connects a space surrounded by the image forming unit and the image reading unit and an external space of the image forming apparatus.
3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the upper edge portion of the opening portion is disposed above the discharge surface.
4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
a length of the opening portion along the beam portion is equal to or greater than a width of a recording medium discharged by the image forming unit.
5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
a length of the opening portion along the beam portion is equal to or greater than a width of a recording medium discharged by the image forming unit.
6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the upper edge portion of the opening portion is a grasping portion.
7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the upper edge portion of the opening portion is a grasping portion.
8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the upper edge portion of the opening portion is a grasping portion.
9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the upper edge portion of the opening portion is a grasping portion.
10. The image forming apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the upper edge portion of the opening portion is a grasping portion.
11. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium;
an image reading unit that is provided above the image forming unit so as to read an image of a document;
a frame that accommodates the image forming unit therein; and
a cover that covers at least a portion of the frame, provided with a first opening portion on a front side of the image forming apparatus in which a paper discharge surface is disposed, and a second opening on a side of the image forming apparatus, the second opening having an upper edge portion reinforced by a rib and which supports upward the image reading unit.