Patent ID: 7426355

Claim:
An image-forming device comprising: a main body; and a tandem photosensitive-member unit including: a unit frame configured to be slidably installed to the main body in a predetermined direction and removed from the main body in a reverse direction opposite the predetermined direction, the unit frame having a leading side and a trailing side with respect to the predetermined direction; a plurality of photosensitive members provided corresponding to a plurality of colors and supported by the unit frame; a front-side grip part provided at the leading side of the unit frame; and a rear-side grip part provided at the trailing side of the unit frame, wherein the main body includes a duct on an upstream side of the rear-side grip part in the predetermined direction for exhausting air from inside the main body; and wherein the rear-side grip part has a ventilation opening formed to penetrate through the rear-side grip part in a direction in which air flows toward the duct.