Patent ID: 7620344

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a case having an opening at one face thereof; a drawable cartridge drawable through the opening, the drawable cartridge including a conveying belt configured to convey a recording medium from a side nearer to the opening toward a side away from the opening, a feeding roller system for feeding the recording medium toward the conveying belt, the feeding roller system at least partially disposed between the opening and the conveying belt at a position to at least partially overlap with the conveying belt when viewed in a direction from the opening, a belt unit having the conveying belt and a roller unit having at least a portion of the feeding roller system, and wherein the belt unit is removably attachable from the roller unit; and a recording medium accommodating cartridge that accommodates the recording medium to be fed to the feeding roller system, wherein the recording medium accommodation cartridge and the drawable cartridge are configured to be removed through the opening while being engaged with one another in a first state, and the recording medium accommodation cartridge is configured to be removed through the opening when the drawable cartridge and the recording medium accommodating cartridge are disengaged from one another in a second state, and wherein the conveying belt is configured to be removed from the belt unit when the drawable cartridge has been removed from the image forming apparatus.