Patent ID: 8401418
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a frame member including a first electrode; a replacement unit including a second electrode that electrically contacts the first electrode, wherein the replacement unit is movable relative to the frame member along a moving direction, the moving direction includes a first direction and a second direction that intersects the first direction, wherein the first electrode is formed by a wire and includes a contact portion that contacts the second electrode, wherein the contact portion, which is bent along an intersection plane, is movable in a third direction that is perpendicular to a plane including both of the first direction and the second direction, and wherein a direction of the contact portion is set so that the intersection plane of the contact portion intersects with a first plane and a second plane at angles smaller than an intersection angle formed by an intersection of the first plane and the second plane, and, wherein the first plane is parallel to both the first direction and the third direction, and the second plane is parallel to both the second direction and the third direction, and wherein the intersection angle between the first plane and the second plane is an acute angle.