Patent ID: 8326176
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An electrophotographic image forming apparatus comprising: an electrophotographic image forming apparatus main assembly including a preventing portion; a supporting member for supporting a plurality of electrophotographic photosensitive members, said supporting member being movable between an inside position inside said main assembly and an outside position outside said main assembly in a state in which said supporting member is supported by said main assembly, and being disengageable from said main assembly at the outside position; a handle portion, provided to said supporting member, to be touched for disengaging said supporting member from said main assembly, said handle portion being provided upstream of the plurality of electrophotographic photosensitive members with respect a movement direction in which said supporting member is moved from the inside position to the outside position; and a portion to be prevented, provided to said supporting member, being movable between a preventing position in which said portion to be prevented contacts said preventing portion in order to prevent said supporting member from being disengaged from said main assembly, and a retracted position in which said portion to be prevented is retracted from the preventing position in order to disengage said supporting member from said main assembly, wherein said portion to be prevented is moved from the preventing position to the retracted position by the touch of said handle portion.