Patent ID: 9256186
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a belt for transferring the toner image from said image bearing member onto a transfer material; an electric power supplying device contacting said belt, to which a voltage is to be applied, wherein said electric power supplying device includes an erected fiber portion formed with a plurality of electroconductive erected fibers contacted to said belt; a power source; and a contact member connected to said electric power supplying device, for applying the voltage from said power source to said electric power supplying device, wherein said electric power supplying device includes a welded portion formed by heat aggregation of a part of said erected fiber portion, and said contact member includes a contact portion contacting and opposing said welded portion in a state in which a voltage is applied from said power source to the contact portion.