Patent ID: 9594344
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a plurality of developing devices that are provided side by side in a direction that is defined by an image forming apparatus main body and respectively form insertion sections into or from which housings including photoreceptors are inserted or withdrawn in a longitudinal direction of the housings on a same side of the insertion sections in a direction in which the plurality of developing devices are arranged; an exit mechanism that is provided in at least one of the plurality of the developing devices, is disposed on an inlet side of the insertion section, and exits a developer on an inside of the at least one of the plurality of developing devices; and guide sections of at least two portions provided in at least one of the plurality of developing devices adjacent to the housings start guiding at least one of the housings before a surface of at least one of the photoreceptors faces the exit mechanism in an insertion direction of the housings when at least one of the housings is inserted.