Patent ID: 9317000
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a body frame; a slide frame slidably supported by the body frame so as to be pulled out from the body frame in a first direction; a plurality of image forming cartridges configured to be mounted on and dismounted from the slide frame in a second direction crossing the first direction; and a plurality of electrode members mounted on the slide frame and aligned so as to correspond to the image forming cartridges when mounted on the slide frame in a one-to-one fashion; a plurality of guide portions provided on the slide frame so as to correspond to the image forming cartridges in a one-to-one fashion, each of the guide portions configured to guide a corresponding image forming cartridge when the image forming cartridge is mounted on and dismounted from the slide frame; a plurality of coil supporting portions provided on the slide frame so as to correspond to the guide portions in a one-to-one fashion, each coil supporting portion provided at a lower end of the guide portion and extending in a direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction, wherein each of the electrode members includes: