Image-forming machine

摘要

An image-forming machine comprising an image-bearing means having a photosensitive material on its surface, a latent electrostatic image-forming means for forming a latent electrostatic image corresponding to image information on the photosensitive material, a developing device for developing the latent electrostatic image, a transfer means for transferring the toner image from the photosensitive material to a sheet material, a conveying mechanism (72) for conveying the sheet material through a transfer zone, and a receiving section for receiving the sheet material conveyed through the transfer zone. Improvements have been made for size reduction of the machine with regard to the optical means (56) and the receiving section and to the optical means (56) and the developing device (46). An improvement is also made for maintaining a process unit having the image-bearing means and an optical unit having the optical means in a predetermined positional relationship. An improvement is also made for facilitating mounting and detachment of the image-bearing means on and from a process unit frame.