Patent ID: 9733610
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a unit that is mountable/demountable with respect to a main body of the image forming apparatus; a high-voltage contact point pin that, with the unit mounted in the main body of the image forming apparatus, is in contact with a contact point terminal that is provided at the unit; and a protective member that, with the unit mounted in the main body of the image forming apparatus, is disposed at a first position at which a tip end of the high-voltage contact point pin being in contact with the contact point terminal is exposed, and with the unit demounted from the main body of the image forming apparatus, is disposed at a second position at which the tip end of the high-voltage contact point pin is covered wherein the protective member has a tube-shaped portion that encloses the high-voltage contact point pin, and with the unit mounted in the main body of the image forming apparatus, the protective member is disposed at the first position at which the tip end of the high-voltage contact point pin protrudes through an opening portion that is formed through an upper surface of the tube-shaped portion, and with the unit demounted from the main body of the image forming apparatus, the protective member is disposed at the second position as a result of the tube-shaped portion moving in a direction toward the tip end of the high-voltage contact point pin.