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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2012
Jeong-yeon Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Byung-sun Ahn, Suwon-si, KR;
Jeong-yeon Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Byung-sun Ahn, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus in which developers are detachably coupled to a main body. The image forming apparatus includes: a developer mount member on which the developers are mounted and that is attachable to and detachable from the main body; an input contact member disposed on the developers; a power supply unit that is provided in the main body; an output contact member that is disposed in the main body to face a front end of the developer mount member in a mount direction in which the developer mount member is mounted and is electrically connected to the power supply; and intermediate contact members disposed on the front end of the developer mount member in the mount direction and are electrically connected to a respective input contact member, and electrically contacts the output contact member as the developer mount member is mounted.