Patent ID: 7539446

Claim:
A process cartridge comprising: an image carrier that carries a developer image that is transferred to a transfer medium at a transfer position; a first guide member that is provided with a first guide face that guides the transfer medium toward the image carrier, the first guide face having flexibility; and a second guide member that is provided with a second guide face that guides the transfer medium toward the image carrier, the second guide face having flexibility, wherein the first guide face has a first base end that is fixed on an upstream side of a conveying direction of the transfer medium with respect to the transfer position, and a first leading end that extends toward the image carrier at the upstream side with respect to the transfer position, wherein the second guide face has a second base end that is fixed on the upstream side with respect to the transfer position, and a second leading end that extends from the second base end toward the image carrier at between the first leading end and the transfer position, and wherein the second guide member is disposed so that a first plane connecting the first leading end and the first base end and a second plane connecting the second leading end and the second base end cross each other at the first base end or at the upstream side with respect to the first base end.