Patent ID: 7639966
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a housing; an image scanning unit, arranged above the housing, for scanning image data of document; a process unit arranged in the housing, comprising an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, a developing agent carrier for carrying a developing agent used for developing the electrostatic latent image to form a developing agent image, a transfer unit for transferring the developing agent image formed on the image carrier to a recording medium, and a developing agent accommodating member for accommodating the developing agent; an exposure unit, arranged below the image carrier in the housing, for forming the electrostatic latent image by exposing the image carrier; a recording medium feed section, arranged below the process unit in the housing, for accommodating the recording medium; a developing agent cartridge having at least the developing agent accommodating member, which is arranged above the recording medium feed section in the housing and is removably mounted in the housing; a fixation unit, arranged above the recording medium feed section in the housing and disposed on a side horizontally opposite to the developing agent accommodating member with respect to the image carrier, for fixing the developing agent image which is transferred to the recording medium by the process unit, on the recording medium; a recording medium ejection section arranged outside of the housing and on a side horizontally opposite to the process unit with respect to the fixation unit in such a manner as to overlap the recording medium feed section in an upward direction; and a transport path, formed in the housing, for allowing the recording medium fed from the recording medium feed section to pass over the developing agent cartridge.