Claims
- 1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a main body;
- a cartridge removably mountable onto said main body, said cartridge having an image bearing member and a plurality of developing means for supplying developers to said image bearing member;
- a drive motor for generating a drive force;
- first drive force transmitting means for transmitting the drive force of said drive motor to said cartridge;
- second drive force transmitting means provided in said cartridge for transmitting the drive force from said first drive force transmitting means to said plurality of developing means, said second drive force transmitting means being engaged with said first drive force transmitting means when said cartridge is mounted onto said main body, said second drive force transmitting means comprising a drive switching mechanism for selectively transmitting the drive force from said first drive force transmitting means to one of said plurality of developing means,
- wherein said cartridge includes a first casing for containing the image bearing member and the plurality of developing means therein, and a second casing for containing said second drive force transmitting means therein, said second casing being removably mounted onto said first casing.
- 2. An image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of said first drive force transmitting means and said second drive force transmitting means comprises a gear.
- 3. An image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of developing means comprises different color developers.
- 4. An image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said cartridge further comprises charging means for charging said image bearing member, and cleaning means for removing residual matter from said image bearing member.
- 5. An image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of developing means comprises a developing roller for bearing the developer thereon, and said developing roller is driven by said drive motor via said first drive force transmitting means and said second drive force transmitting means.
- 6. A cartridge detachably mountable onto a main body of an image forming apparatus, wherein the main body of the image forming apparatus includes a drive motor provided therein, said cartridge comprising:
- an image bearing member;
- a plurality of developing means for supplying developer to said image bearing member;
- a drive motor for generating a drive force;
- first drive force transmitting means for transmitting the drive force of said drive motor to said cartridge;
- second drive force transmitting means provided in said cartridge for transmitting the drive force from said first drive force transmitting means to said plurality of developing means, said second drive force transmitting means being engaged with said first drive for transmitting means when said cartridge is mounted onto said main body, said second drive force transmitting means comprising a drive switching mechanism for selectively transmitting the drive force from said first drive force transmitting means to one of said plurality of developing means,
- wherein said cartridge includes a first casing for containing the image bearing member and the plurality of developing means therein, and a second casing for containing said second drive force transmitting means therein, said second casing being removably mounted onto said first casing.
- 7. A cartridge according to claim 6, wherein each of said plurality of developing means comprises a developing roller for supplying developer to said image bearing member, said developing roller being driven by the drive motor via said drive force transmitting means.
- 8. A cartridge according to claim 6, further comprising charging means for charging said image bearing member and cleaning means for removing residual matter from said image bearing member.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/084,431 filed Jun. 30, 1993, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/751,964 filed Aug. 29, 1991, both now abandoned.
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