Image forming apparatus having process cartridge which is automatically mountable

An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, said image forming apparatus comprising:

• a mount portion for mounting a process cartridge having an image bearing member and process means acting on said image bearing member, at an image forming position in a main body of said image forming apparatus;
• and
• displacement means for moving a process cartridge automatically to a displaced position, at which said process cartridge is exposed and protruding from said image forming apparatus, by a displacement force generated by said displacement means after said process cartridge is mounted on said image forming apparatus,
• wherein the displacement means includes a motor for generating the displacement force;
• and
• wherein the displacement means pushes the process cartridge upwardly from an underside of the process cartridge by the displacement force.

An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, said image forming apparatus comprising:

• a mount portion for mounting a process cartridge having an image bearing member and process means acting on said image bearing member, at an image forming position in a main body of said image forming apparatus;
• and
• displacement means for moving a process cartridge automatically to a displaced position, at which said process cartridge is exposed and protruding from said image forming apparatus, by a displacement force generated by said displacement means after said process cartridge is mounted on said image forming apparatus,
• wherein the displacement means includes a support arm movable upwardly and downwardly, said support arm moving in an up-and-down direction by the drive force from a motor to introduce the process cartridge into a predetermined image process position and into a non-processing displaced position.

An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, said image forming apparatus comprising:

• a mount portion for mounting a process cartridge having an image bearing member and process means acting on said image bearing member, at an image forming position in a main body of said image forming apparatus;
• and
• displacement means for moving a process cartridge automatically to a displaced position, at which said process cartridge is exposed and protruding from said image forming apparatus, by a displacement force generated by said displacement means after said process cartridge is mounted on said image forming apparatus;
• and
• damper means for dampening a shock received by said process cartridge when said process cartridge is mounted on the mount portion.