Patent ID: 7664428

Claim:
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus in which a process cartridge including an electrophotographic photosensitive drum and a process member acting on the electrophotographic photosensitive drum is detachably mounted to an apparatus main body of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus to form an image on a recording medium, the electrophotographic image forming apparatus comprising: a moving member, which is slidably held by a rail member fixedly disposed in the apparatus main body, and which supports the process cartridge and assumes a pullout position in which the moving member is pulled out outside of the apparatus main body so that the process cartridge is moved outside of the apparatus main body, and an inside position for moving the process cartridge inside the apparatus main body; a movement regulating member, which regulates the moving member having been moved to the inside position in the inside position, and releases a regulation; and a moving device, which moves the process cartridge between a supporting position in which the process cartridge is supported by the moving member and an image forming position for an image formation, with respect to the moving member in a state in which the moving member is positioned in the inside position and regulated by the movement regulating member.