Patent ID: 9261855
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, to which apparatus a cartridge is detachably mountable, said image forming apparatus comprising: a main assembly; an opening provided in said main assembly; a main assembly door movable between a closing position for closing said opening and an open position for opening said opening; a tray for carrying the cartridge, said tray is capable of taking (i) an image forming position in which the cartridge is in a position capable of an image forming operation in said main assembly, when said main assembly door is in the closing position, (ii) a mounting and demounting position for permitting mounting and demounting of the cartridge outside said main assembly, when said main assembly door is in the open position, and (iii) a movable position which is between the mounting and demounting position and the image forming position and in which said tray is movable to the image forming position in interrelation with movement of said main assembly door from the open position to the closing position; a supporting member movably supporting said tray and movable in interrelation with said main assembly door; a drive transmission member capable of taking a connecting position for transmitting a driving force to the cartridge when said main assembly door is in the closing position, and a first spacing position for spacing from the cartridge when said main assembly door is in the open position; an urging member capable of taking a contact position in which said urging member urges the cartridge to said main assembly when said main assembly door is in the closing position, and a second spacing position for spacing from the cartridge when said main assembly door is in the open position; and an electric energy supply member capable of taking an electric energy supplying position for supplying electric energy to an electric power supply contact portion of the cartridge when said main assembly door is in the closing position, and a third spacing position for spacing from said electric power supply contact portion the cartridge when said main assembly door is in the open position, wherein in interrelation with the movement of said main assembly door from the open position to the closing position, (i) movement of said tray from the movable position to the image forming position, (ii) movement of said drive transmission member from the first spacing position to the connecting position, (iii) movement of said urging member from the second spacing position to the contact position, and (iv) movement of said electric energy supply member from the third spacing position to the electric energy supplying position, are carried out in the order named.