Patent ID: 9069329
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus capable of forming a color image on a recording material, comprising: a movable member, movable between a first inside position and a second inside position and between the second inside position and an outside position, supporting a plurality of cartridges which contribute to image formation and which are arranged in an arranging direction, wherein the outside position is a position where the cartridges are detachably mountable outside a main assembly of said image forming apparatus in a direction crossing with the arranging direction and with a longitudinal direction of each of the cartridges, the first inside position is a position where the cartridges are positioned inside the main assembly at a mounting position where the cartridges are capable of performing an image forming operation, and the second inside position is inside the main assembly partway of a movement path between the outside position and the first inside position, wherein said movable member supports the cartridges so that a distance between two adjacent cartridges of the cartridges is increased with respect to the arranging direction in interrelation with movement of said movable member from the first inside position to the second inside position.