US 2010/0166455 A1 · IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes: a main body; an image forming unit including a plurality of photosensitive drums on which electrostatic latent images are formed, respectively; a sheet storing unit detachably attached to the main body and configured to store a recording sheet, and the sheet storing unit being disposed in a first space defined in the main body when the sheet storing unit is attached to the main body; and a belt unit disposed between the plurality of photosensitive drums and the sheet storing unit and including a belt opposing the plurality of photosensitive drums. The belt unit is detachable from the main body through the first space in a state in which at least a part of the sheet storing unit is positioned outside the main body.

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Dependent claims

An image forming apparatus comprising:

a main body;
an image forming unit comprising a plurality of photosensitive drums on which electrostatic latent images are formed, respectively;
a sheet storing unit detachably attached to the main body and configured to store a recording sheet, and the sheet storing unit being disposed in a first space defined in the main body when the sheet storing unit is attached to the main body;
and
a belt unit disposed between the plurality of photosensitive drums and the sheet storing unit and comprising a belt opposing the plurality of photosensitive drums,
wherein the belt unit is detachable from the main body through the first space in a state in which at least a part of the sheet storing unit is positioned outside the main body.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/646,401Filed 23 Dec 2009

Priority

JP 2008-33261926 Dec 2008

Published

1 Jul 2010

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G03G 21/168
Means for handling parts of the apparatus in the apparatus: for the transfer unit
G03G 15/0194
Using more than one reusable electrographic recording member, e.g. one for every monocolour image: primary transfer to the final recording medium
G03G 21/1623
Arrangement or disposition of the entire apparatus: means to access the interior of the apparatus
G03G 15/0189
Using more than one reusable electrographic recording member, e.g. one for every monocolour image: primary transfer to an intermediate transfer belt

Image forming apparatus

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Image forming apparatus

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Abstract

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