Patent ID: 8417177
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a main casing; a photosensitive member; a process cartridge being installable to and removable from the main casing along a removal path, the process cartridge including a developer accommodating portion that can accommodate a developer; an exposing unit located above the process cartridge when the process cartridge is installed in the main casing, the exposing unit including a motor capable of rotating a polygonal mirror and being capable of exposing a surface of the photosensitive member with a light; a sheet-accommodating portion located at a bottom portion of the main casing, the sheet-accommodating portion being capable of accommodating a sheet; a pick-up roller located above the sheet-accommodating portion, the pick-up roller being capable of picking up the sheet from the sheet-accommodating portion; an image transferring position where an image is transferred from the photosensitive member to the sheet; a sheet discharge port through which the sheet is discharged out of the main casing; and a conveying path along which the sheet can be conveyed from the pick-up roller to the discharge port via the image transferring position, the conveying path comprising a turn between the pick-up roller and the image transferring position; wherein the image transferring position is disposed at a position lower than an upper end of the turn in a vertical direction; wherein the exposing unit includes a frame; wherein the frame of the exposing unit includes an upper plate and a lower plate; and wherein a portion of the lower plate that is below the motor that is capable of rotating the polygonal mirror is inclined at an angle that is greater than an angle of the upper plate from a horizontal plane.