Patent ID: 8862015
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, said image forming apparatus comprising: an apparatus main assembly; a controller; a belt member provided inside said apparatus main assembly; a movable member for supporting a plurality of cartridges, said movable member being movable relative to said apparatus main assembly between a first position in which a plurality of electrophotographic photosensitive members supported by said movable member contact said belt member and a second position in which the electrophotographic photosensitive members are spaced from said belt member inside said apparatus main assembly; and an urging member movable, in interrelation with movement of said movable member, between an urging position for contacting and urging one of the plurality of cartridges when said movable member is in the first position and a spacing position spaced from the cartridge when said movable member is in the second position, wherein said belt member is disposed upstream of said movable member with respect to a direction in which said movable member moves from the first position to the second position, and wherein, when said urging member is in the urging position, a cartridge contact provided on the cartridge is electrically connected with said controller through said urging member.