Patent ID: 8417141
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image-forming apparatus, comprising: a main body frame: a slide frame supported by the body frame such that the slide frame can be drawn out from the body frame along a predetermined slide direction; a plurality of image-forming cartridges configured to be arranged along the slide direction and configured to be attached to the slide frame in such a manner so as to be removable along a predetermined attachment/detachment direction intersecting with the slide direction, each of the plurality of image-forming cartridges having a developing roller and an image-forming-cartridge contact; and a plurality of electrodes mounted on the slide frame in a manner where each of the electrodes corresponds to a corresponding one of the image-forming cartridges in a one-to-one fashion; wherein each of the electrodes includes a cartridge-side contact configured to establish an electrical connection to each of the developing rollers by contacting the image-forming-cartridge contact; wherein the slide frame has a guide portion configured to guide the respective image-forming cartridges along the attachment/detachment direction, and wherein the cartridge-side contact is arranged in a projection plane of the guide portion in the slide direction.