Patent ID: 7493062
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image-forming device comprising: a main device body; a plurality of process cartridges detachably mounted in the main device body, the process cartridges being arranged in a row in the main device body when the process cartridges are mounted in the main device body, each process cartridge having an image-carrying member that transfers a developer image carried thereon to a sheet by opposing the sheet; a fixing unit provided in the main device body and fixing the developer image to the sheet after the image has been transferred thereto; a tray provided in the main device body and supporting the sheet after the developer image has been fixed thereon; a switchback conveying path provided in the main device body and guiding the sheet from the fixing unit to the tray, while switching a conveying direction of the sheet; and a reverse conveying unit disposed in the main device body along the switchback conveying path and reversing the conveying direction of the sheet.