Patent ID: 8983334
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, comprising: a drum cartridge including a photosensitive drum and being detachably mountable to a main assembly of said image forming apparatus; a plurality of developing cartridges each including a developing roller and each being detachably mountable to the main assembly of said image forming apparatus; a door for opening and closing an opening through which each of said drum cartridge and said plurality of developing cartridges are accommodated in the main assembly; a door-side contact portion provided on said door, wherein said door-side contact portion is projected upward when said door is open and is contactable to a cartridge-side contact portion provided on any one of said drum cartridge and said plurality of developing cartridges when said door is closed; and a path regulating member provided on a mounting and demounting path of said drum cartridge and provided upstream of said door-side contact portion with respect to a demounting direction of said drum cartridge, wherein said path regulating member is projected upward, wherein when said drum cartridge is demounted from the main assembly, said drum cartridge contacts said path regulating member to be moved upward, wherein said drum cartridge includes a clearance portion, and wherein said path regulating member enters the clearance portion in a state in which said drum cartridge is mounted in the main assembly.