Patent ID: 9152092
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image bearing member that bears a toner image; a transfer unit including a belt that transports the toner image on the image bearing member, and a cleaning device that removes a toner adhering to the belt, the transfer unit being detachably mountable on an apparatus body; and a container that houses the toner removed by the cleaning device, the container is detachably mountable on the apparatus body; wherein, when the transfer unit and the container are mounted on the apparatus body, the belt, the cleaning device, and the container are arranged in that order along a mounting-detaching direction of the transfer unit, wherein a direction of a line formed by the arrangement of the belt, the cleaning device, and the container is nearly parallel to the mounting-detaching direction of the transfer unit, and wherein each of the transfer unit and the container are independently and respectively detachable with respect to the apparatus body, and mounting-detaching directions thereof are in opposite direction with each other.