Patent ID: 7715753
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image brining apparatus comprising: a plurality of process units arranged in tandem, each process unit including a photoconductor drum; a plurality of exposure units, each of which is disposed above and opposite to the corresponding photoconductor drum and is configured to expose the photoconductor drum to light, thereby forming an electrostatic latent image thereon; an output tray disposed above the plurality of exposure units, and configured to receive an ejected recording sheet on which an image has been formed; and an image reader unit disposed above the output tray with a predetermined space provided between the image reader unit and the output tray, and configured to read an image of a source document, wherein at least one of the exposure units and at least a part of the output tray are movable together into the predetermined space, such that the plurality of process units are allowed to be pulled out in a direction of tandem arrangement thereof, wherein the output tray is swingable upward and downward about a supporting axis located in a position closer to a first side of the output tray opposite to a second side thereof facing toward the direction in which the plurality of process units are allowed to be pulled out, and wherein all the exposure units other than one exposure unit closest to the first side are moved into and entirely accommodated in the predetermined space.