Patent ID: 9684279
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus in which a process cartridge is configured to be attachable to and detachable from an apparatus main body, the process cartridge having a configuration in which a first frame that supports an image bearing member for bearing a developer image and a second frame that supports a developer bearing member for supplying developer to the image bearing member are supported rotatably and the image bearing member and the developer bearing member can be brought into contact with each other and separated from each other, wherein the apparatus main body has: an insertion port through which the process cartridge cannot pass when the image bearing member and the developer bearing member are separated from each other and through which the process cartridge can pass when the image bearing member and the developer bearing member are in contact with each other; and a guide that guides one of the first frame and the second frame when the process cartridge is inserted into the insertion port, and the image forming apparatus has a separation mechanism that separates the image bearing member and the developer bearing member from each other when the process cartridge is further inserted after the other of the first frame and the second frame has passed through the insertion port.