IMAGE FORMING DEVICE

PURPOSE:To easily perform the check and maintenance without necessitating the extension of setting space by dividing the upper part of a device main body into the front and the rear hands, attaching a transferring body and a fixing device to the one hand in freely attachably and detachably, and arranging the developing tank and the image carrier on the other. CONSTITUTION:The upper part of the device main body 1 is divided into two, the front and the rear parts. The transfer side divided cap part 51 as the divided cap of the one side, composed detachably from the detaching line shown as an alternate long and short dash line, is arranged in a state of freely opening and closing by turning upward centering around the turn supporting point 52 provided in the vicinity of the hand fed transporting path 25. Inside the transfer side divided cap part 51, the transfer drum 3 and the fixing unit 6 are attached freely attachably and detachably. Moreover, the developing side divided cap part 53 as the divided cap of the other side, is composed of the optical system unit 17 and the top surface cover 38 in a state of freely opening and closing by turning upward centering around the turn supporting point 54 disposed in the top end part of the rear part of the device main body 1. The toner cartridges 41 to 44 as the developing tanks for the plural color are arrange below the developing side divided cap part 53.