Color image forming apparatus with a removable and inclined intermediate transfer body unit

A color image forming apparatus, comprising:

• a plurality of developing units for containing different color toners to form a color image;
• a plurality of photo-receptor units including photo-receptors on which electrostatic latent images to be developed by said developing units are to be formed;
• an intermediate transfer body unit including a tensionally provided belt with upper and lower surfaces to which toner images are transferred from said photo-receptors;
• a jamming-removal opening, provided in a side surface of said color image forming apparatus, for removing a jammed recording sheet;
• a developing unit cartridge integrally holding said plurality of developing units, said cartridge being detachably attached to said color image forming apparatus through said jamming-removal opening;
• a photo-receptor unit cartridge integrally holding said plurality of photo-receptor units, said photo-receptor unit cartridge being detachably attached to said color image forming apparatus through said jamming-removal opening;
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• an intermediate transfer body unit cartridge integrally holding said intermediate transfer body unit, said intermediate transfer body unit cartridge being detachably attached to said color image forming apparatus through said jamming-removal opening,
• wherein said photo-receptor units are configured to attach to said intermediate transfer body unit via at least one groove formed in a side of said intermediate transfer body unit, and be removed from the color image forming apparatus with removal of the intermediate transfer body unit from the color image forming apparatus.

A color image forming apparatus, comprising:

• a plurality of photo-receptor units, each photo-receptor unit including a photo-receptor on which electrostatic latent images are to be formed;
• and
• an intermediate transfer body unit, removable from the color image forming apparatus, which includes a belt to which toner images are transferred from said photo-receptors,
• wherein said photo-receptor units are configured to attach to said intermediate transfer body unit via at least one groove formed in a side of said intermediate transfer body unit, and be removed from the color image forming apparatus with removal of the intermediate transfer body unit from the color image forming apparatus.