Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a main body having; a recording sheet storing section capable of storing a recording sheet therein and being drawn from the main body, and an image forming section, which forms an image onto a recording sheet which is disposed above the recording sheet storing section, and an information storing device disposed on an upper portion of the main body, which stores at least image data.

Abstract: This invention relates to an image forming apparatus having, on the upper surface of an apparatus main body, an operating section which is divided into an operating surface unit in which the angle of an operating surface with respect to a horizontal plane can be changed, and an operating section external unit formed outside the operating surface unit and including at least an upper-surface corner end of the apparatus main body. The apparatus includes an angle holding member for holding the angle of the operating surface with respect to the horizontal plane, a plurality of locking portions formed on the apparatus main body, and a plurality of locking target portions which are formed on the angle holding member and the operating surface unit and which can respectively be locked by the plurality of locking portions.

Abstract: This invention relates to an image forming apparatus having, on the upper surface of an apparatus main body, an operating section which is divided into an operating surface unit in which the angle of an operating surface with respect to a horizontal plane can be changed, and an operating section external unit formed outside the operating surface unit and including at least an upper-surface corner end of the apparatus main body. The apparatus includes an angle holding member for holding the angle of the operating surface with respect to the horizontal plane, a plurality of locking portions formed on the apparatus main body, and a plurality of locking target portions which are formed on the angle holding member and the operating surface unit and which can respectively be locked by the plurality of locking portions.

Abstract: A vibration-damping device is interposed between a carriage and a lifting rope. The vibration-damping device comprises a spring extended in a compressed state between a spring shoe on the lifting rope side and a spring shoe on the carriage side located above the first-mentioned spring shoe, and a damper extended between the spring shoe on the lifting rope side and the spring shoe on the carriage side, and upper and lower ends of the damper are pivotally mounted on the spring shoe on the lifting rope side and the spring shoe on the carriage side.