Patent ID: 8315537
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image-forming apparatus comprising: a main casing; a conveying unit configured to convey a recording medium in a conveying direction; a plurality of photosensitive bodies juxtaposed in the conveying direction and confronting the conveying unit; a plurality of developing units detachably mountable on the main casing, each of the developing units being configured to move between a first position where the developing unit is capable of supplying developer to a corresponding photosensitive drum and a second position where the developing unit separates from the corresponding photosensitive drum; a cleaning member configured to move between a third position where the cleaning member is capable of collecting a waste developer deposited on the conveying unit and a fourth position where the cleaning member separates from the conveying unit; and a receptacle slidably supportable on one of the developing units and configured to accommodate the collected waste developer collected by the cleaning member, the cleaning member configured to move integrally with the receptacle between the third position and the fourth position, the receptacle and the one of the developing units being integrally and detachably mountable on the main casing.