Patent 7991321 was granted and assigned to RICOH COMPANY,LTD. on August, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming cartridges removably mounted to an apparatus body one above the other is disclosed. Structural members each partition off a space between nearby image forming cartridges mounted to the apparatus body. The apparatus is capable of obviating banding ascribable to the vibration of the cartridges.