Patent ID: 9081359
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, capable of forming a color image on a recording material, having a plurality of a process cartridges, each of which includes a photosensitive member unit including a photosensitive drum and each of which includes a developing unit which includes a developing roller actable on the photosensitive drum and which is movable relative to the photosensitive member unit, said image forming apparatus comprising: a movable member movable between an inside and an outside of a main assembly of said image forming apparatus in a movement direction crossing a longitudinal direction of the photosensitive drum in a state in which the plurality of process cartridges are supported; a mounting portion, provided in said movable member, for supporting the plurality of process cartridges, wherein the plurality of process cartridges are detachably mountable to said mounting portion from a direction crossing the longitudinal direction and the movement direction; and an interrelating member, movable in interrelation with movement of said movable member, for moving the developing unit relative to the photosensitive member unit so that a distance between a rotation center of the photosensitive drum and a rotation center of the developing roller is decreased with respect to the movement direction when said movable member is moved from the inside to the outside of the main assembly.