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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2012
Kazunari Murayama, Suntoh-gun, JP;
Masaki Kakitani, Matsudo, JP;
Hideki Maeshima, Mishima, JP;
Akinori Takayama, Suntoh-gun, JP;
Kazunari Murayama, Suntoh-gun, JP;
Masaki Kakitani, Matsudo, JP;
Hideki Maeshima, Mishima, JP;
Akinori Takayama, Suntoh-gun, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a movable member including a mounting portion for detachably mounting a cartridge, with the movable member being movable from an outside toward an inside of a main assembly of the apparatus while supporting the cartridge. The apparatus further comprises an output contact and an intermediary electrical contact configured and positioned to supply a bias voltage received by the output contact to the cartridge, with intermediary electrical contact being disposed on the mounting portion and being elastically deformable in a moving direction in which the movable member is movable between the outside and the inside. The cartridge includes an input electrical contact and a cartridge side contact portion.