Patent attributes
A developing cartridge includes a developer carrying member for supplying a developer to an image bearing member; a protecting member provided movably between a closing position where the protective member covers the carrying member and an opening position where the protective member exposes the carrying member; a shifting member for shifting the cartridge, mounted to the mounting portion, between a operable position where the carrying member operably opposes the image bearing member and a separation position where the carrying member is moved away from the operable position; a grip portion provided movably between a first position and a second position; and an interrelating member for interrelating the cartridge with the grip portion. In a state where the cartridge is mounted to mounting portion, the interrelating member shifts the cartridge from the separation position to the operable position by the shifting member while moving the protecting member from the closing position to the opening position in interrelation with movement of the grip portion from the first position to the second position, and shifts the cartridge from the operable position to the separation position by the shifting member while moving the protecting member from the opening position to the closing position in interrelation with movement of the grip portion from the second position to the first position.
