Abstract: A metal frame of an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit which forms an image on a sheet, comprising: a first support which supports the image forming unit; and a second support which is arranged with an interval from the first support and supports the image forming unit together with the first support; wherein the second support includes: a first sheet metal which includes a first flat surface portion in which a through-hole is formed and a bent and raised portion which is bent and raised from the first flat surface portion at a position adjacent to the through-hole, and a second sheet metal which is supported to the first sheet metal on the first sheet metal and includes a second flat surface portion which is sandwiched between the first flat surface portion and the bent and raised portion and a protruded portion which protrudes from the second flat surface portion in a plate thickness direction of the second flat surface portion at a position overlapping with the through-hole in a ver

Abstract: A metal frame of an image forming apparatus includes first and second sheet metal in which the first sheet metal includes a first engaging portion which is provided between first and second plate portions of the first sheet metal and is bent away from the first plate portion in the plate thickness direction of the first plate portion, wherein the first plate portion, the second plate portion, and the first engaging portion are formed integrally with each other. The second sheet metal includes a third plate portion with which the first engaging portion engages and a second engaging portion which is bent away from the third plate portion in a plate thickness direction of the third plate portion and engages with the first plate portion, wherein the second engaging portion is adjacent to the third plate portion.

Abstract: A metal frame of an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit which forms an image on a sheet, comprising: a first support which supports the image forming unit; and a second support which is arranged with an interval from the first support and supports the image forming unit together with the first support; wherein the second support includes: a first sheet metal which includes a first flat surface portion in which a through-hole is formed and a bent and raised portion which is bent and raised from the first flat surface portion at a position adjacent to the through-hole, and a second sheet metal which is supported to the first sheet metal on the first sheet metal and includes a second flat surface portion which is sandwiched between the first flat surface portion and the bent and raised portion and a protruded portion which protrudes from the second flat surface portion in a plate thickness direction of the second flat surface portion at a position overlapping with the through-hole in a ver

Abstract: A metal frame of an image forming apparatus includes first and second spaced-apart supports which together support an image forming unit of the image forming apparatus. The second support includes first and second metal sheets wherein the first sheet metal includes a first flat surface portion in which a through-hole is formed and a bent and raised portion which is bent and raised from the first flat surface portion at a position adjacent to the through-hole, and wherein the second sheet metal is supported to the first sheet metal and includes a second flat surface portion which is sandwiched between the first flat surface portion and the bent and raised portion, and a protruded portion which protrudes from the second flat surface portion in a plate thickness direction of the second flat surface portion at a position overlapping with the through-hole in a vertical direction.

Abstract: A metal frame of an image forming apparatus comprising: a first support which supports a image forming unit; a second support which is arranged with an interval from the first support and supports the image forming unit; a third support which connects the first support and the second support to each other; a first sheet metal which is provided in the first support and includes a first plate portion in which a first through-hole is formed and an engaged portion which is adjacent to the first through-hole and is bent and raised in a direction vertical to a flat surface of the first plate portion; a second sheet metal which is provided in the second support and includes a second plate portion in which a second through-hole is formed and a protrusion portion which protrudes in a plate thickness direction of the second plate portion; and a third sheet metal which is provided in the third support, has one end portion inserted into the first through-hole, and includes a third plate portion in which a third throug

Abstract: A metal frame of an image forming apparatus comprising: a first support which supports a image forming unit; a second support which is arranged with an interval from the first support and supports the image forming unit; a third support which connects the first support and the second support to each other; a first sheet metal which is provided in the first support and includes a first plate portion in which a first through-hole is formed and an engaged portion which is adjacent to the first through-hole and is bent and raised in a direction vertical to a flat surface of the first plate portion; a second sheet metal which is provided in the second support and includes a second plate portion in which a second through-hole is formed and a protrusion portion which protrudes in a plate thickness direction of the second plate portion; and a third sheet metal which is provided in the third support, has one end portion inserted into the first through-hole, and includes a third plate portion in which a third throug

Abstract: A metal frame of an image forming apparatus comprising: a first sheet metal; and a second sheet metal which is supported to the first sheet metal on the first sheet metal, wherein the first sheet metal includes: a first plate portion; a second plate portion of which plate thickness direction is the same as that of the first plate portion; and a first engaging portion which is provided between the first plate portion and the second plate portion in a direction orthogonal to a vertical direction and the plate thickness direction of the first plate portion and is bent so as to be away from the first plate portion in the plate thickness direction of the first plate portion, the first plate portion, the second plate portion, and the first engaging portion being formed integrally with each other, wherein the second sheet metal includes: a third plate portion with which the first engaging portion engages; a second engaging portion which is bent so as to be away from the third plate portion in a plate thickness di

Abstract: A metal frame of an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit which forms an image on a sheet, comprising: a first support which supports the image forming unit; and a second support which is arranged with an interval from the first support and supports the image forming unit together with the first support; wherein the second support includes: a first sheet metal which includes a first flat surface portion in which a through-hole is formed and a bent and raised portion which is bent and raised from the first flat surface portion at a position adjacent to the through-hole, and a second sheet metal which is supported to the first sheet metal on the first sheet metal and includes a second flat surface portion which is sandwiched between the first flat surface portion and the bent and raised portion and a protruded portion which protrudes from the second flat surface portion in a plate thickness direction of the second flat surface portion at a position overlapping with the through-hole in a ver