Patent ID: 9529318
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus capable of forming a color image on a recording material, comprising: an opening provided in a main assembly of said image forming apparatus; an openable member for opening and closing said opening; and a movable member, supporting a plurality of cartridges in a state in which the cartridges are arranged in an arranging direction, movable in the arranging direction while passing through said opening between an inside position where the cartridges are positioned inside the main assembly and an outside position where the cartridges are detachably mountable, wherein when said movable member is in the outside position outside the main assembly, the cartridges are detachable in a direction crossing the arranging direction and a longitudinal direction of each of the cartridges, wherein when said movable member is positioned at the inside position, two adjacent cartridges of the cartridges are in an overlapping state as seen in a direction perpendicular to the arranging direction and the longitudinal direction, and wherein the two adjacent cartridges are moved relative to said movable member by movement of said movable member from the inside position to the outside position so that one of the two adjacent cartridges is prevented from interfering with the other cartridge when the one of the two adjacent cartridges is dismounted from said movable member.