Patent ID: 9002230
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, said electrophotographic image forming apparatus comprising: a main assembly frame; a belt member provided inside said main assembly frame; a movable member, movably supported by said main assembly frame, for supporting and moving a cartridge, said movable member being movable between (i) a first position in which an electrophotographic photosensitive member carried on said movable member is contacted to said belt member and a latent image can be formed on said electrophotographic photosensitive member, and (ii) a second position in which said electrophotographic photosensitive member is spaced from said belt member; and a main assembly side electrical contact provided inside said main assembly frame, wherein said belt member is disposed upstream of said movable member with respect to a movement direction of said movable member from the first position to the second position, and wherein said main assembly side electrical contact is electrically connected with a cartridge side electrical contact provided on said cartridge carried on said movable member by movement of said movable member from the second position to the first position, and said main assembly side electrical contact is electrically disconnected from said cartridge side electrical contact by movement of said movable member from the first position to the second position.