Patent ID: 9709951
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a casing; a process cartridge including a photosensitive drum; and a drawer configured move between an inside position at which the drawer is located inside the casing and an outside position at which the drawer is located outside the casing in a sliding direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the photosensitive drum, the drawer including a bottom plate extending both in the axial direction and in the sliding direction, the bottom plate configured to support the process cartridge, the bottom plate having a flat surface on one side of the bottom plate and further having a recessed portion recessed relative to the flat surface toward the other side of the bottom plate in a height direction which is orthogonal to both the axial direction and the sliding direction, wherein the drawer has the flat surface at a portion of the one side that is closest to an upper exterior of the image forming apparatus in the height direction that the recessed portion, and wherein the recessed portion has a support surface configured to support the process cartridge.