Patent ID: 7031640

Claim:
A recording medium conveying unit that can be drawn out of and pushed back into a main unit of an image forming apparatus, comprising: a resist unit that delivers a recording medium to an image bearing body at a predetermined time so that a toner image formed on the image bearing body is transferred to the recording medium; a fixing unit that fixes on the recording medium delivered by the resist unit the toner image formed on the image bearing body; a transferring unit that transfers the toner image formed on the image bearing body; a recording medium discharging unit that discharges to a recording medium discharge tray the recording medium bearing a fixed toner image; and a recording medium reversing unit that reverses the recording medium bearing the fixed toner image on a first surface so that a toner image may be formed on a second surface, and delivers the recording medium once again to the resist unit, wherein said recording medium reversing unit includes a reversing transport passage for the recording medium being reversed, and wherein the reversing transport passage has a sufficient length that a recording medium being reversed does not extend out of said recording medium conveying unit.