Patent ID: 7184687
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, said process cartridge comprising: an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; process means actable on said electrophotographic photosensitive drum; a cartridge positioning portion configured and positioned to engage a main assembly positioning portion provided in the main assembly of the apparatus to position said process cartridge with respect to a direction crossing the direction of the axis of said electrophotographic photosensitive drum, when said process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly of the apparatus in a direction parallel with the axis of said photosensitive drum; and a member to be urged provided at a downstream portion of said process cartridge with respect to a mounting direction in which said process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly of the apparatus, said member to be urged including a first portion to be urged configured and positioned to contact a movable urging member provided in the main assembly of the apparatus to move the movable urging member in the downstream direction with respect to the mounting direction in the process of mounting of said process cartridge to the main assembly of the apparatus, and a second portion to be urged configured and positioned to contact the movable urging member to receive a force in the crossing direction so as to contact said cartridge positioning portion to the main assembly positioning portion to position said process cartridge in the crossing direction, when said process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly of the apparatus.