Patent ID: 8744311
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a main body; a moving member that is configured to support a plurality of developing units which are juxtaposed with one another and are arranged at prescribed intervals in a predetermined arrangement direction, the moving member being configured so as to be movable between a mounted position, in which the moving member is mounted in the main body, and a pulled-out position, in which the moving member is pulled out of the main body; a drum supporting member that is configured to integrally support a plurality of photosensitive drums that are provided in correspondence with the developing units and that are disposed above the developing units, the drum supporting member being configured to be detachably supported by the moving member; and a belt unit that includes an endless belt, the endless belt being disposed above the moving member when the moving member is disposed in the mounted position, wherein the drum supporting member being configured so as to be detached upward from the moving member, while the moving member supports the plurality of developing units and the moving member is in the pulled-out position, and wherein the drum supporting member has a first end and a second end in a pulled-out direction, in which the moving member is pulled out from the mounted position to the pulled-out position, the first end being defined as an upstream end of the drum supporting member in the pulled-out direction and the second end being defined as a downstream end of the drum supporting member in the pulled-out direction, the drum supporting member being configured so as to be mounted in and removed from the moving member by rotating the second end about the first end which is a fulcrum.