Patent ID: 7184684

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an intermediate transfer belt disposed slantingly with respect to a base of the image forming apparatus; a plurality of image forming cartridges disposed along the intermediate transfer belt; a first cover configured to be opened and closed by pivoting around an axis that is parallel to an axis of the image forming cartridges; a waste toner container configured to contain waste toner, wherein the waste toner container is linked to the image forming cartridges; and a second cover configured to be moved between a first position and a second position by pivoting around a lowest end of the second cover, wherein a plane of the second cover is disposed perpendicularly with respect to the axis of the image forming cartridges, wherein the waste toner container is disposed at a side of one end of the image forming cartridges and is configured to move together with the second cover between the first position and the second position when the second cover is moved between the first and second positions.