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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2010
Yoshifumi Takeyama, Mishima, JP;
Yoshifumi Takeyama, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a belt member for transferring a developed image formed on an image bearing member onto a recording material, and an opening provided to permit a cartridge including the image bearing member to enter inside of the image forming apparatus. In addition, a first guide portion guides the cartridge through the opening from a position where a bottom end portion of the image bearing member is below, with respect to a vertical direction, a transfer position where the image bearing member and the belt member contact each other when the cartridge is mounted, a second guide portion guides the cartridge from a position where the bottom end portion is below, with respect to the vertical direction, the transfer position to a position where the bottom end portion is above the transfer position, and a third guide portion guides the cartridge from the position where the bottom end portion is above, with respect to the vertical direction, the transfer position to the transfer position.