Patent ID: 8467703

Claim:
An image forming device comprising: a plurality of developing devices, each of the plurality of developing devices including a developing roller defining an axis line and a developer accommodating chamber configured to accommodate developer therein, each of the plurality of developing rollers being disposed above the developer accommodating chamber such that the axis line extends in a direction generally perpendicular to a vertical direction, each of the plurality of developing devices being movable between a first position and a second position lower than the first position in a height direction generally parallel to the vertical direction; and a plurality of sloping members disposed in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of developing devices, each of the plurality of sloping members having a sloped surface that is movable in the height direction and including a biasing member configured to bias the sloped surface upward in the height direction, each of the plurality of sloping members being movable between a third position where the corresponding developing device is placed on the sloped surface and a fourth position where the corresponding developing device is released from being pressed by the sloped surface in a predetermined direction generally perpendicular to the vertical direction.