Patent ID: 8918046

Claim:
An image-forming device comprising: a casing; a conveying path disposed in the casing and along which a recording sheet is conveyed in a conveying direction, the conveying path including: a U-shaped part having a topmost part; and a downward part extending diagonally downwardly from the topmost part of the U-shaped part, the recording sheet being conveyed along the U-shaped part and the downward part in this order, the recording sheet being conveyed diagonally downwardly on the downward part; a pair of registration rollers disposed on the conveying path to regulate a leading edge of the recording sheet conveyed along the conveying path; and a process cartridge detachably mounted in the casing, the process cartridge including: a developer accommodating unit configured to contain developer, the developer accommodating unit including a convex part, the convex part protruding toward the downward part, the convex part having: a lowermost part disposed most adjacent to the downward part of the conveying path, the lowermost part disposed upstream of the pair of registration rollers in the conveying direction; and an upstream end part disposed upstream of the lowermost part in the conveying direction; and an upstream guide part disposed upstream of the pair of registration rollers in the conveying direction, the upstream guide part facing the downward part of the conveying path, the upstream guide part being configured to guide the recording sheet toward the pair of registration rollers in cooperation with the downward part of the conveying path, and the upstream guide part including: a concaved part being concaved in an upward direction away from the downward part of the conveying path, the concaved part extending in the conveying direction from a first end disposed upstream of the topmost part of the U-shaped part of the conveying path in the conveying direction to a second end disposed between the upstream end part of the convex part of the developer accommodating unit and the lowermost part of the convex part of the developer accommodating unit in the conveying direction; and a parallel part disposed in the conveying path between the concaved part and the pair of registration rollers and disposed below the lowermost part of the convex part of the developer accommodating unit, the parallel part being parallel to and facing a part of the downward part of the conveying path.