Patent ID: 8705999

Claim:
An image forming device comprising: a main body; a grounding member that is electrically grounded; and a supporting member slidably movable between a mounting position and a drawn-out position with respect to the main body, the supporting member including: a plurality of photosensitive drums juxtaposed with and spaced apart from each other, each of the plurality of photosensitive drums extending in an axial direction and having two ends in the axial direction; a pair of side plates spaced apart from each other, the pair of side plates being made of an electrically conductive material, the pair of side plates supporting the two ends of each of the plurality of photosensitive drums, at least one of the pair of side plates being electrically connected to the grounding member when the supporting member is disposed at the mounting position; a contact portion configured to be contacted by a user when the user draws the supporting member to move from the mounting position to the drawn-out position, the contact portion being made of an electrically conductive material; and a connecting portion via which the contact portion and the at least one of the pair of side plates are electrically connected with each other, the connecting portion being made of an electrically conductive material, wherein the main body includes an endless belt configured to contact the plurality of photosensitive drums, wherein the plurality of photosensitive drums contact the endless belt when the supporting member is disposed at the mounting position and separate from the endless belt when the supporting member is disposed at the drawn-out position, and wherein the at least one of the pair of side plates is electrically disconnected from the grounding member while the supporting member is moving from the mounting position to the drawn-out position.