Patent ID: 7035568
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming device comprising: a main casing including a front surface and a rear surface on opposite sides thereof, the main casing further having an upper surface, the rear surface being formed with a sheet discharge opening; an image forming section disposed within the main casing and including: an image reader section disposed on the upper surface of the main casing and above the image forming section and including: a sheet supply unit that supplies a sheet to the process unit and that is located at a lower section of the main casing, the sheet supply unit being attached to and detached from the main casing through the front surface of the main casing, the process cartridge further including a transfer unit that transfers the visible image from the electrostatic latent image bearing member onto the sheet from the sheet supply unit; a sheet discharge unit that discharges the sheet with the visible image rearward through the discharge opening in the main casing; and a sheet discharge tray provided to the outside of the main casing at a position under the discharge opening, the sheet discharge tray holding the sheet discharged through the discharge opening.