Patent ID: 8670688
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A developing cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus by passing through a mounting guide provided in the main assembly, said developing cartridge comprising: a frame; a developer carrying member for carrying a developer for developing an electrostatic latent image; a portion to be guided by the mounting guide; an accommodating portion for accommodating the developer; a seal member for sealing an opening that permits supply of the developer from said accommodating portion to said developer carrying member; and a grip member, provided at a longitudinal end portion of said seal member, including a grip portion to be gripped when said seal member is removed, wherein said grip portion is disposed in a state in which said grip portion is bent in a direction crossing a mounting direction of said developing cartridge, and wherein said grip portion prevents mounting of said developing cartridge by contacting a part of the mounting guide when said developing cartridge is mounted in the main assembly of the image forming apparatus, the part of the mounting guide being an upper surface of the mounting guide.