Patent ID: 8706001
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A color image forming apparatus comprising a resin frame composed of a resin and a plurality of image forming units that are removably inserted in the resin frame, wherein the resin frame comprises: a base having a supporting surface that supports the plurality of image forming units; guide portions that extend in the base in an insertion direction in which the image forming units are inserted along the supporting surface and that guide the image forming units in the insertion direction while limiting movement of the image forming units in an orthogonal direction that is orthogonal to the insertion direction; side plate portions that are provided at respective peripheral edges of the base so as to extend in a direction perpendicular to the supporting surface; and connecting portions that are each provided either in an upper end portion of a respective side plate portion or above a different one of the side plate portions so that the connecting portions are parallel to the respective peripheral edges of the base, the base, the guide portions, the side plate portions and the connecting portions being integrally formed from a resin; and end portions of the connecting portions in their longitudinal direction being integrally connected to each other, the connecting portions integrally connected to each other to form an opening to open above the base.