Tandem-type color image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising image forming stations for respective colors arranged along a transfer belt, each image forming station including an image carrier, a charging means and a developing means disposed around said image carrier, wherein the transfer belt and the respective image forming stations are arranged obliquely or vertically, said image forming apparatus being characterized in that an exposure means for forming latent images onto said image carriers is located below said respective image forming stations, and wherein a control unit and a power source unit are located adjacent to each other above said exposure means and cooling air is introduced to spaces among the exposure means the control unit, and power source unit.

An image forming apparatus comprising image forming stations for respective colors arranged along a transfer belt, each image forming station including an image carrier, a charging means and a developing means disposed around said image carrier, wherein the transfer belt and the respective image forming stations are arranged obliquely or vertically, said image forming apparatus being characterized in that an exposure means for forming latent images onto said image carriers is located below said respective image forming stations, said exposure means having a casing and a single scanning means disposed at the bottom of said casing.

An image forming apparatus comprising image forming stations for respective colors arranged along a transfer belt, each image forming station including an image carrier, a charging means and a developing means disposed around said image carrier, wherein the transfer belt and the respective image forming stations are arranged obliquely or vertically, said image forming apparatus being characterized by further comprising:

• a housing body in which said respective image forming stations and the transfer belt are arranged;
• and a first movable section and a second movable section which are attached to said housing body such that the first and second movable sections are pivotally movable relative to said housing body, wherein a paper handling means and a fixing means are located in said first movable section and at least one of developing means, image carriers, and the transfer belt is located in said second movable section.

An image forming apparatus comprising image forming stations for respective colors arranged along a transfer belt, each image forming station including an image carrier, a charging means and a developing means disposed around said image carrier, wherein the transfer belt and the respective image forming stations are arranged obliquely or vertically, said image forming apparatus being characterized by comprising a housing body in which said image forming stations and said transfer belt are arranged, and a movable section which is attached to said housing body such that the movable section is pivotally movable relative to said housing body, wherein a group of the transfer belt and the image carriers or a group of the transfer belt, the image carriers, and the developing means are arranged inside said movable section.