Patent ID: 9405209
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming unit comprising: a photoconductive drum pivotably supported at a frame member; a charging member extending in a direction along a rotary shaft of the photoconductive drum and charging a circumferential surface of the photoconductive drum while making contact with the circumferential surface; and a holding member being provided in the charging member and holding the charging member at the frame member, wherein, while held at the frame member with the holding member in between, the charging member is arranged in parallel to the photoconductive drum in contact with the circumferential surface of the photoconductive drum with a rotary shaft of the charging member and the rotary shaft of the photoconductive drum in parallel to each other, and the holding member and the frame member respectively have interference-preventing-shaped parts being provided at a tip part of the holding member in a direction in which the holding member is attached and at a position of the frame member receiving the holding member, the interference-preventing-shaped parts being capable of first making contact with each other upon attachment of the charging member to the frame member with the holding member in between to thereby prevent interference between the holding member and the photoconductive drum.