Patent ID: 8606141

Claim:
An image forming apparatus having a main body to which a cartridge is attachable and detachable thereto, the image forming apparatus performing image formation with the cartridge mounted at an attached position, the image forming apparatus comprising: an opening and closing member configured to move with respect to the main body between a closed position where the main body is closed and an opened position where the main body is open to allow attachment/detachment of the cartridge; and a cartridge abutment member supported by the opening and closing member configured to move with respect to the opening and closing member in conjunction with the movement of the opening and closing member and capable of abutting the cartridge to move the cartridge toward the attached position when the opening and closing member moves from the opened position toward the closed position, wherein the cartridge abutment member includes: a cartridge abutment surface configured to abut the cartridge when the cartridge abutment member abuts the cartridge; an opening and closing member abutment surface configured to abut the opening and closing member when the cartridge abutment member presses the cartridge, the opening and closing member abutment surface being substantially parallel to the cartridge abutment surface, and the opening and closing member abutment surface being disposed on a normal line of the cartridge abutment surface; and a force transmission portion configured to transmit the force from the cartridge abutment surface to the opening and closing member abutment surface when the cartridge presses the cartridge abutment surface, the force transmission portion including a portion connecting the cartridge abutment surface and the opening and closing member abutment surface by a straight line extending in a direction of the normal line the cartridge abutment surface.