Image forming apparatus with framing structure

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium;
• a sheet feeding unit that feeds the recording medium to the image forming unit, the sheet feeding unit positioning a leading end of the recording medium and feeding the recording medium to a downstream side of a conveying path extending in a front-rear direction;
• an upper frame comprising:
• a pair of sheet-metal components, each of which is punched out in a right-left direction substantially perpendicular to the front-rear direction, and which defines a space therebetween in the right-left direction;
• and
• a first contact part, which is an end face formed when the pair of sheet-metal components was punched out, and which faces a first direction,
• wherein the upper frame supports the image forming unit from the right-left direction by the pair of sheet-metal components;
• a sheet feeding frame, which is made of a resin component, which is arranged between the space defined by the pair of sheet-metal components, and to which the sheet feeding unit is mounted,
• the sheet feeding frame comprising a second contact part at a face facing the first direction;
• and
• a lower frame, which supports the upper frame and the sheet feeding frame from below, and which comprises a contacted part that faces a second direction opposite to the first direction,
• wherein a relative position in the front-rear direction between the upper frame and the lower frame is defined by contacting the contacted part with both of the first contact part and the second contact part.