Image forming apparatus having developing device changing rotary

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus having a developing device changing rotary with a small number of components, and for this purpose, the image forming apparatus according to the present invention is constructed to include the following construction. An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material includes an image bearing member, first developing means for developing a latent image formed on the image bearing member, second developing means for developing a latent image formed on the image bearing member, a rotary member for holding the first and second developing means, with a first drive receiving part being provided at a first side plate at one end portion in a longitudinal direction of the rotary member, and a second drive receiving part being provided at a second side plate at the other end portion, a rotary shaft having a first drive transmitting part engaged with the first drive receiving part and a second drive transmitting part engaged with the second drive receiving part, and a driving source for driving the rotary shaft, wherein when the rotary shaft is rotated by power of the driving source, the power is transmitted to the first and second drive receiving parts and the rotary member is rotated.

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