Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Kazuhiro Sone

Yoshihito Sekikawa

Yoshihiro Yamamoto

Kazuhiro Yoshino

Provided is an image forming apparatus including a casing body, an exposure portion in a rod shape that has a connector and exposes a target object, a first support portion that supports the exposure portion over a longitudinal direction of the exposure portion and is removed from the casing body by being moved in the longitudinal direction, and a cable that is connected to the exposure portion via the connector, transmits power to the exposure portion, has a curved area that is a part of the cable in a curved state, and is in contact with the first support portion in a part of the curved area, in a state where the first support portion is accommodated in the casing body.

Image forming apparatus including a cable having a curved area

An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a rotary developer unit having a developing roll opposed to the image carrier when located at a developing position and an exposure device for writing a latent image onto the image carrier, wherein an optical path from the exposure device to the image carrier passes within a circumscribed circle of the developing roll with the center of rotation of the rotary developer unit as the center of the circle. The image carrier is located so as to provide the developing position above a horizontal line passing the center of rotation of the rotary developer unit, and the exposure device is located so as to provide a beam exit position below the horizontal line.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Kazuhiro Sone