Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an openable-closable member which is arranged in an open position in which the openable-closable member keeps a recording medium conveying passage open and in a closed position in which the openable-closable member keeps the recording medium conveying passage closed;
• an image carrier of which part on an outer circumferential face thereof is exposed to outside when the recording medium conveying passage is open;
• a cover sheet which is flexible and which is reciprocatable between a protection position in which the cover sheet covers a recording medium conveying passage side of the image carrier and a retracted position in which the cover sheet is retracted from the recording medium conveying passage;
• and
• a cover moving mechanism which moves the cover sheet to the retracted position as the openable-closable member moves to the closed position and which moves the cover sheet to the protection position as the openable-closable member moves to the open position,
• wherein
• drawing out the cover sheet arranged in the protection position to the recording medium conveying passage side causes the cover sheet to be moved to a recording medium removal position in which the cover sheet has a larger interval from the image carrier than in the protection position.