office machine having a cover-connected image forming apparatus

摘要

PURPOSE: Office appliances having an image forming apparatus with which a cover is integrated are provided to integrate the cover with the image forming apparatus such that attachment or detachment of an image forming unit is carried out simultaneously with opening and closing operations of the cover. CONSTITUTION: An image forming apparatus includes a housing(114), an image forming unit, and a cover(120). The image forming unit is arranged in the housing and forms images. The cover opens and closes an opening formed in the housing through which the image forming unit is mounted in the housing or separated from the housing. The cover is detachably combined with the image forming unit according to a connecting member in such a manner that the cover is set in the housing or ejected from the housing together with the image forming unit.