Patent ID: 7190927
Filing Date: 2007-03-13
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a plurality of image forming means having at least developing means using a developer for forming toner images; a plurality of toner containers for containing the developer to be supplied to said developing means; a rotatable intermediate transfer belt having a surface, to which the toner images are primarily transferred, the surface being declined and facing downward opposite to said plurality of image forming means; a plurality of rollers for supporting said intermediate transfer belt; a plurality of primary transferring means for primarily transferring the toner images to said intermediate transfer belt in a plurality of primary transfer positions; secondary transferring means for secondarily transferring the toner images from said intermediate transfer belt to a recording material in a secondary transfer position; and fixing means including a pair of fixing members contacting with each other in a contact portion for fixing the toner images, which are secondarily transferred to the recording material in the secondary transfer position, to the recording material, wherein an imaginary plane being an extension of the surfaces in an axial direction of said plurality of rollers extends through said plurality of toner containers.