Patent ID: 7209680

Claim:
A process cartridge comprising a photoconductive unit, which comprises a waste toner outlet and a shutter for closing the waste toner outlet, and a developing unit, which is removably mounted to the photoconductive unit, and comprises a waste toner storage for storing a waste toner discharged through the waste toner outlet, and is removably mounted in a main body of an image forming apparatus, wherein the shutter moves in association with an opening and closing operation of a door of the image forming apparatus between a first position, where the waste toner outlet is opened, and a second position, where the waste toner outlet is closed, the process cartridge further comprising: an auxiliary opening/closing member provided in the developing unit, being disposed between the shutter and a primary opening/closing member of the door by mounting the photoconductive unit and the developing unit in order to transfer to the shutter an external force applied from the primary opening/closing member.