Patent ID: 8116660

Claim:
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, comprising: a cartridge including at least one of an image bearing member on which a latent image is to be formed and developing means for developing with a developer the latent image formed on the image bearing member; a main assembly including a positioning portion for positioning said cartridge and an urging member for urging said cartridge so that said cartridge is positioned to the positioning portion; a movable member movable, with respect to said main assembly in a state in which said movable member supports said cartridge, between a pulled-out position in which said movable member is pulled out to an outside of said main assembly to position said cartridge outside said main assembly and an inside position in which said cartridge is positioned inside said main assembly; and a grip member, which is mounted to said movable member and which is to be gripped for pulling out said movable member, movable between a reference position and an outward position located outwardly the reference position with respect to a pull-out direction in which said movable member is pulled out from the inside position to the pulled-out position; wherein in a state in which said movable member is located at the inside position, said cartridge is positioned to the positioning portion by the urging member to be placed in a positioning state when said grip member is located at the reference position, and wherein in the state in which said movable member is located at the inside position, the positioning state of said cartridge is released by moving said grip member from the reference position to the outward position.