Patent ID: 7742728

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a belt; a plurality of photosensitive drums that face the belt; a plurality of developing devices that develop a plurality of latent images formed on the plurality of photosensitive drums using a developing agent, the developing devices being disposed around the respective photosensitive drums; a plurality of image forming devices, each one of the plurality of image forming devices comprising one of the plurality of photosensitive drums and one of the plurality of developing devices, and the photosensitive drum of an adjacent one of the plurality of image forming devices being disposed vertically within a horizontal width of the developing device of one of the plurality of image forming devices; and a plurality of exposing devices that form the plurality of latent images on the plurality of photosensitive drums, the exposing devices being disposed around the respective photosensitive drums, wherein each developing device includes two augers and a developing roll, the two augers stirring the developing agent and feeding the developing agent to the developing roll, the developing roll facing the photosensitive drum corresponding to each developing device, the developing roll being provided at a higher level than the two augers and being separate from the two augers, each one of the plurality of image forming devices comprises one of the plurality of photosensitive drums, one of the plurality of exposing devices, and one of the plurality of developing devices, and an entirety of the photosensitive drum and at least a portion of the exposing device of an adjacent one of the plurality of image forming devices are disposed vertically within the horizontal width of the developing device of one of the plurality of image forming devices.