Patent ID: 8682199
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A mechanism for conducting electricity, the mechanism comprising: a cloth-like or sheet-like conductive member, wherein a first part of the conductive member comes into contact with a first object to be electrified and a second part of the conductive member comes into contact with a second object, wherein the second object is one of a contact member of a rotator, a rotating shaft that rotates together with the rotator, or a shaft where the rotator is rotatably supported, the first object to be electrified and the second object are electrically connected to each other through the conductive member, at least the second part of the conductive member includes a sheet or cloth that substantially overlaps a surface of the second object, the second part of the conductive member includes a cutout portion through which the contact member passes and which allows the second part of the conductive member to come into contact with the second object while the second part of the conductive member is bent when the second object passes through the cutout portion, and a shape of the cutout portion allows a surface of the cutout portion to bend to a position which is parallel to a surface of the second object when the second object passes through the cutout portion.