Image forming apparatus including a moving member configured to move a cartridge

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

• an apparatus main body;
• a cartridge including a supported portion;
• a main body side positioning portion provided on the apparatus main body and configured to position the cartridge in a position capable of image formation by supporting the supported portion;
• a moving member configured to move with respect to the apparatus main body and thereby move the cartridge, the moving member being moveable between an external position, in which the moving member is positioned at least partially outside the apparatus main body and wherein the cartridge is attachable and attachable from the image forming apparatus when the moving member is in the external position, and an internal position in which the moving member is positioned at least substantially inside the apparatus main body and wherein the cartridge is positioned by contacting with the main body side positioning portion when the moving member is in the internal position;
• and
• an upward inclination portion provided on the apparatus main body and inclined upwardly from a movement direction in which the moving member moves from the external position to the internal position,
• wherein the upward inclination portion moves the cartridge upward with respect to the moving member by contacting with the supported portion of the cartridge in a process in which the moving member moves from the external position to the internal position
• wherein the moving member includes a first force application portion arranged to apply, when the moving member moves toward the internal position, a force to a force reception portion provided on the cartridge to move the cartridge into the apparatus main body, and while the moving member moves from the external position to the internal position, the cartridge moves upward in a state where contacting to the upward inclination portion and the first force application portion, and
• wherein the first force application portion and the force reception portion are, when the moving member is in the internal position, separated from each other.