Patent ID: 6366749
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A process cartridge which has a first unit including a photoreceptor and a second unit including a development roller which confronts the photoreceptor, the first unit and the second unit having a separable structure, said process cartridge comprising:an operation member provided at an end of the second unit and configured to move in a direction such that the second unit is mountable on or dismountable from the first unit; and a pressing member provided in the second unit, said pressing member pressing the second unit against the first unit when said operation member moves in a direction such that the second unit is mounted on the first unit, and releasing the pressing of the second unit against the first unit when said operation member moves in a direction such that the second unit is dismounted from the first unit, wherein said operation member serves to pull out the entirety of the second unit from an apparatus when the second unit moves in the direction such that the second unit is dismounted from the first unit.