Patent ID: 8526850

Claim:
A process cartridge mountable into and demountable from an image-forming-apparatus body, the process cartridge comprising: an image bearing member; a first frame member by which the image bearing member is rotatably supported; a developer bearing member that is pressed against the image bearing member and with which an electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearing member is developed; a second frame member by which the developer bearing member is rotatably supported; a link member rotatably connected to the first frame member and the second frame member at a first axis and a second axis located at a position different from a position at which the first axis is located on a plane perpendicular to an axis of the developer bearing member, respectively, and connecting the first frame member and the second frame member to each other in such a manner as to be movable with a two-joint link mechanism; an urging member urging the first frame member and the second frame member such that the image bearing member and the developer bearing member are pressed against each other; a first gear rotatably provided at the first axis and receiving a driving force from a drive source provided on the apparatus body; and a second gear rotatably provided at the second axis and transmitting the driving force from the first gear to the developer bearing member.