Patent ID: 7653326

Claim:
An image formation device comprising: a device main body; a plurality of process cartridges, which are provided at a device main body to be mountable and removable in a lateral direction and which are arranged in tandem; a paper supply portion provided downward of the plurality of process cartridges; a belt body disposed at a lateral direction side of the plurality of process cartridges; and a roller which is provided on the belt body and urges, toward the belt body, paper which has been fed to the belt body from the paper supply portion; a cover body which is axially supported at a position below a supply tray of the paper supply portion, from which paper is conveyed, the cover body being capable of opening up the lateral direction side of the plurality of process cartridges, wherein the belt body is mounted at the cover body and moves integrally with the cover body; wherein, when the cover body opens up the lateral direction side of the process cartridges, the belt body is removed from a path of mounting and removal of a lowest process cartridge of the plurality of process cartridges, and a fixed guide portion at which a lowest process cartridge of the plurality of process cartridges is placed guides the lowest process cartridge to a mounting operation position in the device main body.