Image forming apparatus

摘要

An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a chassis having an opening, a cover, photosensitive members, an intermediate transfer belt, a primary-transfer member, a secondary-transfer roller, a cleaner device, a waste toner container, which is movable along a predetermined direction to be removably installed in the chassis through the opening and stores residual toner, a connector, and a feed roller, which is arranged within the feeding path to feed the recording sheet in the feeding path. The feed roller is arranged in a position to at least partially fall within a vertical range of the waste toner container and to be aligned with the waste toner container along an axial direction of the second feed roller.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a recording sheet, comprising:
a chassis having a first opening, the first opening being formed on a first side of the chassis; a cover configured to be movable between an open position and a closed position to expose and close the first opening; a plurality of photosensitive members configured to be set in the chassis and to carry toner images; an intermediate transfer belt configured to be an endless rolling belt arranged to have a surface thereof facing the plurality of photosensitive members and to have the toner images on the plurality of photosensitive members transferred onto the surface in cooperation with a plurality of primary-transfer members; a secondary-transfer roller arranged on a second side opposite from the first side within the chassis and configured to transfer the toner images on the surface of the intermediate transfer belt onto the recording sheet; a first feed roller arranged in vicinity of the second side and configured to convey the recording sheet in a feeding path toward the secondary-transfer roller; a cleaner device arranged in a position between one of the plurality of photosensitive members being in a most upstream position along a rolling direction of the intermediate transfer belt and the secondary-transfer roller, the cleaner device being configured to collect residual toner from the surface of the intermediate transfer belt; a waste toner container configured to be movable along a predetermined direction to be removably installed in the chassis through the first opening and settled in a position opposite from the plurality of photosensitive members across the intermediate transfer belt, to store the residual toner collected by the cleaner device; a connector configured to be connected to the cleaner device and to have the waste toner container detachably attached thereto, and configured to convey the residual toner collected by the cleaner device to the waste toner container; a first feeding path configured to extend in a range between the first feed roller and the secondary-transfer roller; a second feeding path being a path for a recording sheet inserted through a sheet inlet, the sheet inlet being formed on the first side of the chassis, the second feeding path configured to merge into the first feeding path in vicinity of the first feed roller; and a second feed roller configured to be supported on a driving shaft and arranged in the second feeding path to convey the recording sheet, wherein the second feed roller is arranged in a position displaced from the waste toner container along an axial direction of the second feed roller and in an inner side position with respect to the waste toner container along the axial direction of the second feed roller.