Patent ID: 8594530

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a plurality of photoconductor drums; a plurality of exposure members each configured to expose a corresponding photoconductor drum to light to form an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor drum; a drum supporting member having a pair of side walls disposed opposite to each other in an axial direction of the photoconductor drum and configured to support the plurality of photoconductor drums and the plurality of exposure members between the side walls; a belt disposed below and opposite to the photoconductor drums; a pair of guide members configured to support the drum supporting member while allowing rectilinear movement of the drum supporting member between a retracted position in which the drum supporting member is received in a main body of the image forming apparatus and a pull-out position to which the drum supporting member is moved from the refracted position and pulled out from the main body through an opening formed in the main body; a separation mechanism configured to move the guide members in an upward and downward direction such that the photoconductor drums supported by the drum supporting member are movable together with the drum supporting member between a contacting position in which the photoconductor drums contact the belt and a spaced-apart position in which the photoconductor drums are away from the belt; and a main body circuit board provided in the main body and connected to the plurality of exposure members via a flat cable, wherein the flat cable is partly supported at its retained portion by at least one of the guide members, and wherein each of the guide members has a pass-through portion through which the flat cable passes the guide member from inside to outside.