Patent ID: 8346121
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming apparatus main body; and an image forming structure attached to and removed from the image forming apparatus main body, in a state where the image forming structure is attached in the image forming apparatus main body, a first concave part being formed in a position opposite to a second concave part formed in an adjacent image forming structure, and wherein the plurality of image forming structures respectively have: an image forming structure main body; an image holder, having an exposed part that can be exposed from the image forming structure main body, attached in the image forming structure; and an opening and closing part that is opened and closed so as to be movable between a position to cover the exposed part of the image holder and a position to expose the exposed part from the image forming structure main body, and wherein the opening and closing part is arranged between the first concave part and the second concave part when the opening and closing part is at the position to cover the exposed part of the image holder.