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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2010
Hakudai Kondo, Nagoya, JP;
Hakudai Kondo, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nogoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit; a sheet feeding unit; an upper frame; a sheet feeding frame; and a lower frame. The upper frame includes: a pair of sheet-metal components, each of which is punched out in a right-left direction; and a first contact part facing a first direction. The sheet feeding frame is made of a resin component and is arranged between a space defined by the pair of sheet-metal components and includes a second contact part at a face facing the first direction. The lower frame supports the upper frame and the sheet feeding frame from below and includes a contacted part facing a second direction opposite to the first direction. A relative position in a 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.