Image forming device

Abstract

There is provided an image forming device which has an opening / closing portion rotatably mounted to a device main body, and at which plural cartridges accommodated in the device main body can be exposed due to the opening / closing portion being rotated. In the image forming device, a portion of an outer peripheral surface of a belt, which is provided at the opening / closing portion, is positioned at a cartridge side of the opening / closing portion. An opposing member is provided at the opening / closing portion so as to oppose the portion of the outer peripheral surface of the belt. A guide portion, which guides the opposing member such that the opposing member can slide with respect to the device main body, is provided at the device main body.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims priority under 35 USC 119 from Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-215026, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to an image forming device which has an opening / closing portion rotatably mounted to a device main body, and at which plural cartridges accommodated in the device main body can be exposed by the rotating of the opening / closing portion. [0004] 2. Description of the Related Art [0005] Color image forming devices generally have plural (e.g., four) process cartridges (see, for example, Japanese Patent Applications Laid-Open (JP-A) Nos. 2003-241466 and 2003-241620). In most cases, an opening / closing portion is mounted to the device main body, so that these plural process cartridges can be exposed for maintenance and the like. Hereinafter, an example of a conventional image forming device ...

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Benefits of technology

[0009] In view of the aforementioned, the present invention provides an image forming device whose device height can be kept low.

Problems solved by technology

However, if they are placed too close together, there is the problem that, at the time of opening and closing the opening / closing portion 80, the opposing member 90 interferes with the process cartridges 86.

In a structure in which the process cartridges are disposed so as to be lined-up vertically, it is important to keep to height of the image forming device 81 low, and this problem becomes particularly serious.

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