Patent ID: 8112014

Claim:
A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, wherein a plurality of cartridges is detachably mountable to a main assembly of the apparatus, comprising: a cartridge supporting member for supporting said cartridges, movable between an inside position which is inside said main assembly of the apparatus and an outside position which is outside said main assembly of the apparatus, wherein said cartridges are mounted to and dismounted from said cartridge supporting member when said cartridge supporting member is at the outside position; an opening which is provided in said main assembly of the apparatus and through which said cartridge supporting member passes when said cartridge supporting member moves between the inside position and the outside position; a receiving member for receiving developed images from electrophotographic photosensitive members provided on said cartridge supporting member when said cartridge supporting member is at the inside position, wherein said receiving member is rotatable underneath electrophotographic photosensitive members; a transfer member for transferring the developed images transferred on said receiving member onto a recording material at a transfer position; a fixing member for fixing, on the recording material, the developed images transferred onto the recording material; and a feeding path for feeding the recording material to a removing position by way of: (1) the transfer position, (2) the inside of said opening, and (3) said fixing member from a stacking portion for stacking the recording material, wherein said cartridge supporting member is movable along a path between the inside position and the outside position which intersects said feeding path, wherein said cartridge supporting member includes a guiding member for guiding the recording material fed along said feeding path, said guiding member being disposed in a downstream side with respect to a drawing direction in which said cartridge supporting member is moved from the inside position to the outside position, and wherein said guiding member is rotatable relative to said cartridge supporting member to open said feeding path, and said cartridge supporting member is provided with a supporting member side grip portion at each of one and the other ends with respect to a longitudinal direction of said guiding member, for being gripped when said cartridge supporting member is moved and said guiding member is provided with a guiding member side grip portion, for being gripped when said guiding member is opened and closed.