Patent ID: 9507313
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a removable unit to be removably installed in the image forming apparatus, the removable unit having a unit-side opening; a connectable device having an apparatus-side opening to be connected to the unit-side opening to send developer from one of the removable unit and the connectable device to the other of the removable unit and the connectable device; a drawer unit to be retractably drawn out from the image forming apparatus; and a receptacle disposed below the unit-side opening and the apparatus-side opening to receive and store developer dropping from above, the receptacle united with the drawer unit to be drawn out from the image forming apparatus together with the drawer unit, wherein the receptacle is disposed on a back side of the drawer unit in a drawing-out direction in which the drawer unit is drawn out from the image forming apparatus, the removable unit is removed from the image forming apparatus in a direction identical to the drawing-out direction, and the drawer unit is disposed adjacent to the removable unit in the image forming apparatus.