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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1992
Shinji Goto, Yokohama, JP;
Jun Saito, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Ishii, Yokohama, JP;
Masao Ando, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiaki Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Yuzo Isoda, Yokohama, JP;
Masahide Tanoue, Yokohama, JP;
Ryukichi Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus, to which a process cartridge is detachably mountable, for forming an image on a recording material. The image forming apparatus includes a first guiding device for guiding the process cartridge toward a predetermined mounting position when the process cartridge is mounted to the image forming apparatus. The first guiding device is disposed upstream of the predetermined mounting position with respect to a mounting movement direction of the process cartridge. A second guiding device is provided for guiding the process cartridge toward the predetermined mounting position when the process cartridge is mounted to the image forming apparatus The second guiding device is disposed (i) closer to the predetermined position than the first guiding device, and (ii) downstream of the first guiding device with respect to the mounting movement direction. Also provided is a feeding device for feeding the recording material.