Image forming apparatus capable of preventing a regulation member from being broken or slipping off when a jammed sheet is removed from a transfer portion

An image forming apparatus, comprising:

• a conveying portion configured to convey a sheet in a conveyance direction;
• a transfer belt configured to bear a toner image to be transferred onto the sheet conveyed by the conveying portion;
• a fixing device arranged above the transfer belt and configured to fix the toner image on the sheet;
• a regulation member, which is configured to regulate the sheet so that the sheet on which the toner image has been transferred is conveyed to the fixing device;
• a rotary shaft configured to rotatably support the regulation member about an axis line extending along a width direction of the sheet perpendicular to the conveyance direction;
• an urging member configured to urge the regulation member toward the transfer belt so as to bring a tip end portion of the regulation member into contact with the transfer belt at a contact portion;
• a main body provided with the fixing device, the transfer belt, the regulation member, and the urging member;
• and
• a cover, which is movably provided on the main body, and is configured to move so as to open access to at least a part of the transfer belt and at least a part of the fixing device,
• wherein the regulation member is configured so that the tip end portion of the regulation member can be rotated from a side opposite to the rotary shaft to a side of the rotary shaft with respect to a straight line,
• wherein, in a cross-section of the image forming apparatus that is perpendicular to the width direction of the sheet and passes through the regulation member, the straight line passes the contact portion and an end of the fixing device in a horizontal direction that is closest to the cover in the horizontal direction on a lower surface of the fixing device.