Patent ID: 9134695
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, wherein a cartridge is detachably mountable, said image forming apparatus comprising: an opening through which said cartridge is passed when said cartridge is mounted to and demounted from a main assembly of said apparatus; an openable member movable between a closed position for closing said opening and an open position for opening said opening; a pressing member movable between a pressing position for applying a pressing force to said cartridge to fix said cartridge to an image forming position inside the main assembly, and a non-pressing position in which said cartridge is not pressed by said pressing member; an interrelating member for interrelations such that (i) with movement of said openable member from the closed position to the open position, said pressing member moves from the pressing position to the non-pressing position, and said cartridge moves from the image forming position to a retracted position, and (ii) with movement of said openable member from the open position to the closed position, said cartridge moves from the retracted position to the image forming position, and said pressing member moves from the non-pressing position to the pressing position; and a limiting member movable between a limiting position for preventing said cartridge positioned in the image forming position from moving against the pressing force of said pressing member, and a non-limiting position for permitting said cartridge to move from the image forming position to the retracted position, wherein said limiting member is rotated by the movement of said openable member from the closed position to the open position to move from the limiting position to the non-limiting position, and is rotated by the movement of said openable member from the open position to the closed position to move from the non-limiting position to the limiting position.