Patent ID: 8175487

Claim:
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, said electrophotographic image forming apparatus comprising: a main assembly frame; a transfer member for transferring a toner image from an electrophotographic photosensitive member; a movable member, movably supported by said main assembly frame, for demountably supporting a cartridge and for moving said electrophotographic photosensitive member, said movable member being movable between a latent image formation position in which said electrophotographic photosensitive member is contacted to said transfer member, wherein 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 transfer member inside said main assembly frame, and between the mounting position and a mounting and demounting position in which said cartridge is detachably mountable outside of said main assembly frame; a main assembly side electrical contact provided inside said main assembly of the apparatus; and an intermediary electrical contact provided on said movable member, said intermediary electrical contact contacting a cartridge side electrical contact provided on said cartridge to establish an electrical connection therebetween when said cartridge is mounted to said movable member, said intermediary electrical contact contacting said main assembly side electrical contact to establish electrical connection therebetween by movement of said movable member from the mounting position to the latent image forming position, and said intermediary electrical contact being spaced from said main assembly side electrical contact to establish electrical disconnection therebetween by movement of said movable member from the latent image forming position to the mounting position.