Patent ID: 8442412
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
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; a movable member, movably supported by said main assembly frame, for demountably supporting and moving a cartridge and an electrophotographic photosensitive member, said movable member being movable (i) between a latent image formation position in which said electrophotographic photosensitive member is contacted to said belt member, and a latent image can be formed on said electrophotographic photosensitive member, and a mounting position in which said electrophotographic photosensitive member is spaced from said belt member inside said main assembly frame, and (ii) between the mounting position and a mounting and demounting position in which said cartridge is detachably mountable outside of said main assembly frame; and a main assembly side electrical contact provided inside said main assembly frame of the apparatus, 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 mounting position to the latent image forming 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 latent image forming position to the mounting position.