Patent ID: 9122209
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a cartridge configured to store developer; an intermediate transfer belt configured to be in contact with a photoconductor drum; a secondary transfer member configured to transfer a developer image formed on the intermediate transfer belt onto a recording medium; a support member configured to be movable in a first direction from an inside position where the support member is located inside a main body casing of the image forming apparatus and an outside position where the support member is located outside the main body casing, the support member configured to support the cartridge; a sheet feeding unit disposed under the intermediate transfer belt and comprising a sheet feed tray; a conveyance guide configured to guide the recording medium toward the secondary transfer member such that the recording medium passes between the intermediate transfer belt and the sheet feed tray in a direction from one end of the sheet feed tray which is positioned downstream in the first direction and another end of the sheet feed tray which is positioned upstream in the first direction; a cleaner configured to remove waste developer from a surface of the intermediate transfer belt; and a waste developer carrier configured to carry the waste developer removed by the cleaner in an axial direction of the photoconductor drum, wherein the cleaner is disposed upstream of the photoconductor drum and downstream of the secondary transfer member in a traveling direction of the intermediate transfer belt.