Patent ID: 8611785

Claim:
A process cartridge comprising: a plurality of photosensitive drums; a first outer side plate which is provided on one side of the photosensitive drums in an axial direction of the photosensitive drums; a second outer side plate which is provided on another side of the photosensitive drums in the axial direction, and includes an inner surface which opposes an inner surface of the first outer side plate with the photosensitive drums interposed therebetween; a first inner side plate which includes an outer surface extending in parallel to the first outer side plate and opposing the inner surface of the first outer side plate, and which includes drum supporting holes formed at positions opposing the photosensitive drums in the axial direction; a second inner side plate which includes an outer surface extending in parallel to the second outer side plate and opposing the inner surface of the second outer side plate, and which includes drum supporting holes formed at positions opposing the photosensitive drums in the axial direction; a plurality of bearing members which are fitted to the respective drum supporting holes and configured to hold the photosensitive drums at ends of the photosensitive drums in the axial direction; and a plurality of input parts which are provided on the ends of the photosensitive drums at the one side, respectively, an end face of each of the input parts being provided between an outer surface of the first outer side plate and the outer surface of the first inner side plate, wherein the process cartridge is configured to be drawable from an apparatus body of an image forming apparatus in a direction in parallel with an extending direction of the first outer side plate and the second outer side plate.