Patent ID: 8744307

Claim:
A process cartridge comprising: an image forming unit including an image carrier that carries a latent image formed by an exposure process and a toner image formed by developing the latent image with toner, the image carrier transferring the toner image onto a transfer body, a developing unit that forms the toner image on the image carrier by developing the latent image on the image carrier with the toner, and a cleaning unit that cleans the image carrier by removing the toner that remains on the image carrier after the toner image is transferred onto the transfer body; a container attachment unit that is provided at a position separated from the image forming unit and to which a toner container is detachably attached, the toner container containing the toner to be supplied to the developing unit; and a toner receiving unit that extends in a space between the image forming unit and the container attachment unit and receives the toner removed from the image carrier by the cleaning unit, wherein the image carrier rotates around a rotational axis that extends transversely, and the latent image is formed on the image carrier by scanning the image carrier with a light beam in a transverse direction, and wherein the toner receiving unit includes a first receiving section that extends in an area above a scanning area of the light beam and a pair of second receiving sections that extend from the first receiving section to positions below the scanning area of the light beam at both sides of the scanning area of the light beam without partitions provided between the first and second receiving sections.