Patent ID: 11960230
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
an apparatus main body including an electric substrate, and a first main body electrical contact including a first coil spring portion and a second main body electrical contact including a second coil spring portion which are electrically connected to the electric substrate; and
a cartridge configured to be attachable to and detachable from the apparatus main body, the cartridge including:
a first process member;
a second process member;
a first cartridge electrical contact electrically connected to the first process member; and
a second cartridge electrical contact electrically connected to the second process member,

wherein the apparatus main body includes a holding member holding both a first end portion of the first main body electrical contact on a cartridge side and a second end portion of the second main body electrical contact on a cartridge side so as not to cause the first end portion and the second end portion to be electrically connected to each other, and
wherein the holding member is configured to move between a contact position and a separation position, the contact position being a position at which the first end portion contacts the first cartridge electrical contact by spring force of the first coil spring portion and the second end portion contacts the second cartridge electrical contact by spring force of the second coil spring portion, the separation position being a position at which the first end portion is separated from the first cartridge electrical contact so as not to comes into contact with the first cartridge electrical contact and the second end portion is separated from the second cartridge electrical contact so as not to comes into contact with the second cartridge electrical contact.