Image forming apparatus

Abstract

A friction member that abuts against a rotating member being fixed to a display portion and that stops the rotating member being fixed to a display portion by frictional resistance of an abutting surface accommodates the rotating member into a predetermined accommodating position in a reliable manner by changing a frictional force of the friction member.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit that forms an image, the image forming apparatus comprising:
 a display portion that displays a state of the image forming unit;   an accommodating portion in which the display portion is accommodated;   a rotating member being fixed to the display portion and being rotatably supported by a support portion provided in the accommodating portion such that the display portion is configured to pivot in a vertical direction, wherein the display portion is capable of being pivoted with respect to the accommodating portion such that a center of mass of the display portion that has been pivoted from the accommodating portion is vertically above a center of mass of the display portion accommodated in the accommodating portion; and   an applying member provided in the accommodating portion so as to come into surface contact with the rotating member, the applying member applying frictional force to the rotating member, the applying member being provided in the accommodating portion such that an area in contact with the rotating member is, in a case in which a predetermined position where the center of mass of the display portion that has been pivoted from the accommodating portion in the vertical direction is above the center of mass of the display portion accommodated in the accommodating portion is positioned further above, larger than an area in contact with the rotating member in a case in which the center of mass of the display portion that has been pivoted from the accommodating portion is positioned at or below the predetermined position,   wherein the display portion in which the center of mass is positioned vertically above the predetermined position is stopped by the frictional force applied by the applying member, and the display portion in which the center of mass is positioned at or below the predetermined position is pivoted by a weight of the display portion and is accommodated in the accommodating portion.