Patent ID: 6674983
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:an image forming section incorporating an image forming engine inside an apparatus body and adapted to form an image on a recording material by means of the image forming engine; a recording-material discharging section disposed above the image forming section to discharge and accommodate the recording material for which the image formation by the image forming section is completed; a recording-material supplying section which is disposed below the image forming section, in which a recording-material cassette for accommodating the recording-material is loaded in the apparatus body in such a manner as to be capable of being pulled out from a user operation side, a user operation-side surface of the recording material-cassette is set substantially flush with a surface of the apparatus body, the recording-material cassette includes a recording-material accommodating portion and a recording-material transporting portion, arranged on a rear side of the recording-material accommodating portion, and the recording-material accommodating portion and the recording-material transporting portion are capable of being exposed to the outside when the recording-material cassette is pulled out; and a recording-material transporting system in which transporting paths are provided for transporting the recording material, supplied from the recording-material supplying section, to the image forming section and for subsequently guiding the recording material to the recording-material discharging section, wherein a portion of the transporting path leading to the image forming section is arranged on a rear side of the apparatus body located on an opposite side to the user operation side, at least either one of the recording-material supplying section and the recording-material transporting system is provided with a jam clearing section for allowing the recording material jammed in a rear-side transporting path to be cleared on the user operation side.