Patent ID: 7869740

Claim:
A process cartridge mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus including an opening and closing cover, said process cartridge comprising: a photosensitive member unit including a photosensitive member on which an electrostatic latent image is to be formed; a developing unit including a developing roller that develops the electrostatic latent image when contacting said photosensitive member, said developing unit being rotatably connected to said photosensitive member unit about a rotational axis to contact said developing roller and said photosensitive member to each other and to space said developing roller and said photosensitive member from each other; a displaceable spacing force receiving portion configured to receive, from the main assembly of the apparatus when said process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly of the apparatus, a spacing force for spacing said developing roller from said photosensitive member; and a displacing force receiving portion configured to receive, from the main assembly of the apparatus when said process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly of the apparatus, a displacing force for displacing said spacing force receiving portion with the closing of the opening and closing cover in a state that said process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly of the apparatus, wherein said spacing force receiving portion is configured to become capable of receiving the spacing force when displaced to a displaced position away from the rotational axis.