Patent ID: 9709943
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: B65H,G03G,H05K

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a main body having an opening; a cover configured to pivot about an axis, located in an upper rear portion of the main body, between a closed position in which the opening of the main body is closed and an open position in which the opening of the main body is open; a support body disposed in the main body and configured to be attached to and removed from the main body through the opening when the cover is in the open position; a photosensitive drum disposed in the support body and configured to carry a developer image to be transferred onto a sheet; a charging roller disposed in the support body and configured to charge the photosensitive drum; a support-body grip portion attached to the support body; a light exposure device spaced apart from the photosensitive drum, disposed in a front side of the main body further than the photosensitive drum, and configured to expose the photosensitive drum to light by scanning; a storing unit disposed between the photosensitive drum and the light exposure device in the main body and configured to be attached to and removed from the main body through the opening when the cover is in the open position; a developing roller disposed in the storing unit and configured to supply developer to the photosensitive drum exposed by the light exposure device; a storing portion disposed in the storing unit and storing the developer therein; a storing-unit grip portion attached to the storing unit; an ejection roller spaced apart from the axis of the cover in the upper rear portion of the main body and above the support body in a vertical direction, the ejection roller being configured to eject the sheet in a sheet ejection direction from a rear side of the main body to the front side of the main body; an ejection tray disposed above the storing unit in the vertical direction and configured to receive the sheet ejected by the ejection roller, the ejection tray including: wherein the vertical wall surface, the first sidewall surface and the second sidewall surface are combined with the cover, and wherein the support-body grip portion is pivotable relative to the support body between a first position and a second position.