Patent ID: 7567769

Claim:
A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus having a main assembly, to which a process cartridge is detachably mountable, for forming a color image on a recording material, wherein the process cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum and process means actable on the electrophotographic photosensitive drum, said apparatus comprising: an opening provided in said main assembly of the apparatus; a movable member which is linearly movable between an inside and an outside of said opening in a direction crossing with a longitudinal direction of the electrophotographic photosensitive drum while carrying a plurality of such process cartridges; an accommodating portion for accommodating the process cartridges; and an urging member, provided above a movement path of the process cartridges, while being carried on said movable member, from said opening to said accommodating portion, for contacting the process cartridge passing therebelow to urge the process cartridge toward said movable member.