Patent ID: 8355650

Claim:
A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, wherein a plurality of cartridges is detachably mountable to a main assembly of the apparatus, comprising: a cartridge supporting member for supporting said cartridges, said cartridge supporting member being movable between an inside position which is inside said main assembly of the apparatus and an outside position which is outside said main assembly of the apparatus, wherein said cartridges are mounted to and dismounted from said cartridge supporting member when said cartridge supporting member is at the outside position; an opening which is provided in said main assembly of the apparatus and through which said cartridge supporting member passes when said cartridge supporting member moves between the inside position and the outside position; a feeding path which is provided in said cartridge supporting member and along which the recording material fed from a stacking portion for stacking the recording material passes; and nipping means for nipping a jammed recording material stopped in said feeding path, said nipping means being disposed in an upstream side with respect to a drawing direction in which said cartridge supporting member is moved from the inside position to the outside position, wherein when said cartridge supporting member is moved in the drawing direction which crosses with said feeding path, the jammed recording material is pulled toward said opening in the state that said nipping means nips the jammed recording material.