Image forming apparatus capable of opening a main body on one side

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a lower body having a pivot shaft on one side;
• an upper body connected to the lower body and rotatable about the pivot shaft between a closed state and an open state;
• An image forming means having an image bearing member for forming a toner image on the image bearing member, the image forming means including an operable unit detachably mountable on the upper body, the upper body having a front frame member having a guide passage for guiding the mounting of the operable unit on the upper body;
• paper storage means provided on the lower body for storing sheets;
• and
• paper feeding means provided in the lower body for feeding sheets from the paper storage means to the image forming means;
• whereby the paper feeding means is exposed when the upper body is in the opened state.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a lower body having a pivot shaft on one side;
• an upper body connected to the lower body and rotatable about the pivot shaft between a closed state and an open state;
• one of the upper body and lower body being provided with positioning means including a hole portion, and the other of the upper body and lower body being provided with a projection fittable in the hole portion when the upper body is placed in the closed state;
• image forming means having an image bearing member for forming a toner image on the image bearing member;
• paper storage means provided on the lower body for storing sheets;
• and
• paper feeding means provided in the lower body for feeding sheets from the paper storage means to the image forming means;
• whereby the paper feeding means is exposed when the upper body is in the opened state.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a lower body having a pivot shaft on one side;
• an upper body connected to the lower body and rotatable about the pivot shaft between a closed state and an open state;
• image forming means having an image bearing member for forming a toner image on the image bearing member;
• paper storage means provided on the lower body for storing sheets;
• feed roller means provided on a downstream side of the paper storage means for feeding sheets from the paper storage means, the feed roller means including a feeding roller and a supporting shaft having opposite ends with the opposite ends having mounting portions;
• feed roller supporting members for supporting the feed roller means, the supporting members including a plate fixedly attached to the lower body and formed with an oblong cutout for holding the mounting portions of the feed roller means, the cutout facing upward;
• restricting means detachably provided on the lower body for holding the mounting portions of the feed roller means from moving upward when the upper body is placed in the closed state;
• and
• paper feeding means provided in the lower body for feeding sheets from the paper storage means to the image forming means;
• whereby the paper feeding means is exposed when the upper body is in the opened state.