Patent ID: 9348305
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a cartridge including at least an image bearing member, configured to be detachably mounted on an image forming apparatus; a housing configured to house the cartridge; an opening portion, provided on the housing, from which the cartridge is inserted toward the housing; a contact portion configured to contact with a cover so as to slidably move the cartridge with respect to the cover in inserting the cartridge that is provided with the cover to protect the image bearing member in the housing; a positioning portion configured to determine, by contacting with the cartridge, a position of the cartridge relative to the housing in a substantially orthogonal direction with respect to an inserting direction for inserting the cartridge into the housing; a biasing portion configured to bias the cartridge toward the positioning portion; and a moving mechanism configured to move the biasing portion so that the biasing portion biases the cartridge according to the motion of inserting the cartridge into the housing, wherein the cartridge is separated from the positioning portion when the biasing portion biases the cartridge in a state that the cover is in contact with the contact portion, and when the cover is removed from the contact portion, position of the cartridge is set in the orthogonal direction of the contact portion by the cartridge contacting with the positioning portion.