Patent ID: 9026000
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, said apparatus comprising: a main assembly; a cartridge supporting member including a plurality of mounting portions to which a plurality of cartridges are mountable, said cartridge supporting member being movable, relative to said main assembly in a state of supporting the cartridges, between an outer position which is outside said main assembly and in which all of the cartridges are mountable and demountable relative to the mounting portions, and an inner position which is inside said main assembly; a rotatable belt which is disposed below said cartridge supporting member when said cartridge supporting member is in the inner position; an opening which is provided in said main assembly and through which said cartridge supporting member is movable when said cartridge supporting member moves between the inner position and the outer position; an openable member movable relative to said main assembly between a closing position for closing said opening and an open position for opening said opening; and a connecting member including a first connecting portion connecting with said main assembly of the apparatus and a second connecting portion connecting with said openable member, said connecting member being rotatable about said first connecting portion, and wherein said openable member includes a supporting portion which contacts said cartridge supporting member to support said cartridge supporting member when said cartridge supporting member is in the outer position, wherein when said cartridge supporting member is supported by said supporting portion, said cartridge supporting member is in an inclined state in which a downstream side of said cartridge supporting member with respect to a drawing direction of said cartridge supporting member is lower than an upstream side of said cartridge supporting member, and wherein when said cartridge supporting member is supported by said supporting portion, said second connecting portion is on the downstream side of said first connecting portion and on the upstream side of said supporting portion, with respect to the drawing direction.