JP2007041384A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (5)

An image forming unit that forms an image on a recording material, an upper device provided above the image forming unit, and provided between the image forming unit and the upper device, and an image is formed by the image forming unit. a discharge space recording material is discharged, provided on the side of the image forming unit, a transfer unit having a conveying path for conveying the recording material to the discharge space, it is provided exchangeably on the image forming portion a cover member for covering the exchange member, was closed, the image forming apparatus that will be stacked on the recording material discharged to the discharge space said cover member,
An image forming apparatus, wherein the cover member is provided so as to be movable in a substantially horizontal direction with respect to the image forming apparatus main body, and the transport unit is provided so as to be detachable laterally with respect to the image forming apparatus main body. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the replacement member is a laser scanner unit that irradiates a laser, and a stay to which the laser scanner unit is fastened by a screw is provided in the image forming unit. . The conveying unit comprises an optical sensor, and a control section in the optical sensor and the image forming part of the transport unit, a connector for electrically connecting via a wire bundle, said connector, said cover member is image is in a state of being attached to the forming apparatus main body is covered by said cover member, in a state where the cover member is retracted in a substantially horizontal direction with respect to the image forming apparatus main body and benzalkonium Do allow disconnection of the connection the image forming apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in. The upper side apparatus, an image forming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that an image reading section for reading image information of the document. The upper side apparatus, an image forming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that by said image forming unit is a processing unit which processes a recording material on which an image is formed.