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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image reading portion for reading an image; an image forming portion for forming the image; a first casing for supporting said image reading portion; a second casing for supporting said image forming portion, wherein said second casing is provided below said first casing with respect to a vertical direction and a space continuously opens to two directions perpendicular to not only the vertical direction but also each other, and wherein said second casing includes a mounting portion where said first casing is mountable at a position where the space does not continuously open to the two directions; one or more supporting portion, provided on at least one of said first casing and said mounting portion, for supporting said first casing relative to said second casing; and one or more auxiliary supporting portion, provided on one of said first casing and said mounting portion, for supporting said first casing relative to said second casing, wherein a gap is formed between itself and the other one of said first casing and said mounting portion in a state in which no load is externally exerted on said first casing, and wherein said auxiliary supporting portion contacts the other one when a load not less than a predetermined load is externally exerted on an upper portion of said first casing downward at a position deviated from said mounting portion for said first casing. |
