Patent ID: 9411306
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a main body frame; an image forming unit disposed in the main body frame and comprising an image carrier and a developing member; a gap control unit selectively operable to cause the image carrier and the developing member to be in contact with, or to be spaced apart from, each other; a lever member movable to a first position to thereby selectively operate the gap control unit to cause the image carrier and the developing member to be in contact with each other, and to a second position to thereby selectively operate the gap control unit to cause the image carrier and the developing member to be spaced apart from each other; and a waste developer receptacle provided with a lever member receiving groove, the waste developer receptacle detachably positionable in the main body frame and configured so that, while the lever member is in the first position and the waste developer receptacle is being positioned in the main body frame, the lever member is received in the lever member receiving groove, wherein if the waste developer receptacle is removed from the main body frame, the image carrier and the developing member are spaced apart from each other by the gap control unit.