Electrophotographic color image forming apparatus

Abstract

A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus has a main assembly, to which a process cartridge is detachably mountable, for forming a color image on a recording material. The process cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum and a process device actable on the electrophotographic photosensitive drum. The apparatus includes an opening provided in the main assembly of the apparatus, a movable member which is linearly movable between an inside and an outside of the opening in a direction crossing with a longitudinal direction of the electrophotographic photosensitive drum while carrying 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 the movable member, from the opening to the accommodating portion, for contacting the process cartridge passing therebelow to urge the process cartridge toward the movable member.

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