Image forming device and development unit attachable thereto

摘要

An image forming device includes an image forming unit that includes a development agent container, a development device that supplies development agent in the development agent container to an electrostatic latent image on a photoconductive body and forms a development agent image on the photoconductive body, a transfer unit transferring, onto a sheet, the development agent image on the photoconductive body, and a fixing unit fixing the development agent image on the sheet, a feed tray disposed under the image forming unit, a pickup unit feeding a sheet placed on the feed tray toward the image forming unit in a U-turn manner, a first conveying path tilted to extend downward obliquely from the pickup unit, and a second conveying path tilted to extend toward the fixing unit obliquely from a continuous section between the first conveying path and the second conveying path.

主权项

1. An image forming device comprising:
an image forming unit including:
a photoconductive body;a development agent container configured to accommodate development agent;a development device configured to supply the photoconductive body with development agent;a transfer unit configured to transfer, onto a sheet, the development agent image formed on the photoconductive body; anda fixing unit configured to fix the development agent image on the sheet; a feed tray disposed under the image forming unit and configured to hold a sheet; a pickup roller configured to pick up and feed a sheet held in the feed tray toward the image forming unit; a first conveying roller configured to convey the sheet picked up by the pickup roller along a first conveying path inclined downward from a first position to a second position; and a second conveying roller configured to convey the sheet along a second conveying path inclined upward from the second position to a third position through a nipping point disposed between the photoconductive body and the transfer unit.