Patent ID: 7073251

Claim:
A disassembling tool for pushing a coupling member out of a process cartridge detachably attachable to an image forming apparatus main body, the process cartridge having an electrophotographic photosensitive member, process means for acting on the electrophotographic photosensitive member, a first frame, a second frame and the coupling member for rotatably coupling the first frame and the second frame together, said disassembling tool having: a base body; an engagement portion provided on said base body and adapted to be engaged with the process cartridge to thereby position the process cartridge when said disassembling tool is mounted on the process cartridge; a pushing-out portion provided for movement relative to said base body and configured and positioned to push out the coupling member; and a grip portion configured and positioned to be gripped when said pushing-out portion is to be moved, and connected to said pushing-out portion, said engagement portion being provided at a location opposed to said pushing-out portion in a movement direction in which said pushing-out portion is moved.