Patent ID: 6876826

Claim:
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus onto which a process cartridge is detachably mountable, for forming an image onto a recording medium, the process cartridge having an electrophotographic photosensitive member, process means for acting on the electrophotographic photosensitive member, and memory means having a cartridge electrical contact, said apparatus comprising: an opening through which the process cartridge is mounted and dismounted; an openable and closable cover movable between an opening position for opening said opening and a closing position for closing said opening; a main body positioning portion configured and positioned to position the process cartridge with respect to a main body of said electrophotographic image forming apparatus; a main body electrical contact electrically connectable to the cartridge electrical contact; and a moving member movable in association with an opening or a closing operation of said openable and closable cover, and configured and positioned to move said main body electrical contact along a direction in which said main body electrical contact electrically contacts the cartridge electrical contact in the case that said openable and closable cover moves from the opening position to the closing position and the process cartridge is mounted in said electrophotographic image forming apparatus and to move the process cartridge along a direction in which the process cartridge is positioned at said main body positioning portion after said main body electrical contact is electrically in contact with the cartridge electrical contact when the process cartridge is mounted in said electrophotographic image forming apparatus.