Patent ID: 8346151
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a plurality of image forming sections respectively comprising: developing portions that develop latent images formed on image carriers with different coloring materials; and first removing portions that, after the images developed by the developing portions are transferred to a transfer member, remove the coloring materials remaining on the image carriers, the image forming sections being provided in a direction oblique to an installation surface of a main unit of the apparatus; a plurality of discharging pipes that are provided below the plurality of image forming sections, that deliver the coloring materials removed by the first removing portions of the plurality of image forming sections, and that are downward extended from the first removing portions, respectively; and a delivery pipe that delivers the coloring materials introduced through the discharging pipes, to a recovery container, wherein the delivery pipe comprises a changing portion in which a direction of delivering the coloring materials is changed to an upper side, and, among the discharging pipes, a discharging pipe that is downward extended from one of the first removing portions that is placed on a most downstream side in the oblique direction is disposed downstream from the changing portion of the delivery pipe in the delivering direction, and has a length shorter than lengths of the other discharging pipes.