Patent ID: 9025998
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, the process cartridge comprising: a first unit including a rotatable image bearing member on which an image is to be formed; a second unit, including a process member actable on the image bearing member, movable to a spaced position where the process member is spaced from the image bearing member and movable to a close position where the process member is closer to the image bearing member than at the spaced position; and a spacer member provided in the second unit, the spacer member being movable to a first position where the spacer member holds the second unit at the spaced position and movable to a second position where the space member permits movement of the second unit from the spaced position to the close position, wherein the spacer member includes a contact portion for contacting with the image bearing member when the spacer member is located at the first position, and includes a first-portion-to-be-engaged for holding the spacer member at the first position by being engaged with a first engaging portion provided in the second unit, and wherein by rotation of the image bearing member, engagement between the first portion-to-be-engaged and the first engaging portion is eliminated to move the spacer member from the first position to the second position.