Patent ID: 8233819
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming device comprising: a frame having a front opening provided with a door; a sheet cassette configured to be attached to and detached from the frame for accommodating a stack of sheets; a process cartridge detachably assembled in the frame and accessible through the front opening upon opening the door, the process cartridge being movable to an operating position in the frame for image formation, the process cartridge comprising: a charger disposed in the casing for uniformly charging the photosensitive drum; a developing roller disposed in the casing for supplying charged developer agent to the photosensitive drum; and a sheet feed unit attached to the casing for feeding each sheet on the sheet cassette toward the photosensitive drum; an LED array supported to the frame and provided independent of the casing for forming an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum after the photosensitive drum is charged by the charger, the process cartridge and the sheet feed unit being positioned between the LED array and the sheet cassette at the operating position, and the photosensitive drum being positioned close to the LED array at the operating position; and a guide structure provided at the frame to guide movement of the process cartridge along with the sheet feed unit from the operating position toward the door and away from the LED array.