Patent ID: 7555235

Claim:
An image-forming apparatus comprising: an image-carrying member having a surface on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, the image-carrying member having an axis extending in a predetermined direction; and a charger including: a discharge wire that is stretched in the predetermined direction and that produces a discharge toward the surface of the image-carrying member; a frame that is open on a side facing the image-carrying member and that extends in the predetermined direction; a partitioning wall partitioning an internal space of the frame into a discharge space and a ventilating space above the image-carrying member and the discharge space, the partitioning wall being formed with a ventilating hole extending along the predetermined direction and providing communication between the discharge space and the ventilating space, wherein the discharge wire is disposed within the discharge space; and a cover that is movable between a closed position and an open position, the cover in the closed position closing over the ventilating space, the cover in the open position exposing the ventilating hole to an external space above the ventilating space.