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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1991
Yoshio Tohyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Takayuki Ogawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Tatsuya Eguchi, Toyohashi, JP;
Norio Tamada, Tondabayashi, JP;
Satoshi Yoshida, Machida, JP;
Hirofumi Hasegawa, Hadano, JP;
Hitoshi Sekino, Chigasaki, JP;
Katsuyuki Taima, Hiratsuka, JP;
Akihito Ikegawa, Sakai, JP;
Kazuyoshi Hara, Isehara, JP;
Yasuhiro Matsuura, Atsugi, JP;
Hiroshi Mizuno, Machida, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus having a sheet storing unit for storing sheets therein along a bottom of a body of the apparatus, a sheet feeding mechanism for feeding the sheets stored in the sheet storing unit one by one toward a rear side of the body, a sheet path for leading each sheet fed by the sheet feeding mechanism upward, an image forming unit for forming an image on the sheet traveling in the sheet path, and a sheet ejecting unit for ejecting the image-formed sheet toward a front side of the body onto a sheet receiving portion disposed on an upper side of the body. The image forming unit is made as a cartridge containing a photosensitive member, a developing device, a transferring device and a cleaner. The cartridge is mounted in a holder which is movable between a cartridge exchange position and a set position.