Patent ID: 7174115

Claim:
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus, comprising: a case; a developing unit removably installed in the case and having a housing and toner contained in the housing; a fixing unit for fixing a toner image formed by transferring toner to a paper received from the developing unit, the fixing unit including a heating device to heat the paper on which the toner image is formed and a pressing roller to press the toner image on the paper; and a lever pivotally fixed between the developing unit and the fixing unit, a first end portion of the lever contacting the developing unit and a second end portion of the lever being connected to a shaft of the pressing roller to urge the pressing roller toward the heating device when the developing unit is installed in the case, the first end portion of the lever being moved in a direction substantially opposite to a direction in which the second end portion of the lever moves when the developing unit is installed.