Patent ID: 8306452

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a main body provided with an accommodation chamber defined by an inner side surface; a moving unit configured to slide in a generally horizontal sliding direction between an accommodated position where the moving unit is accommodated in the accommodation chamber and a drawn position where the moving unit is drawn from the accommodation chamber, wherein the moving unit is configured to hold a plurality of photosensitive members arranged in line in the sliding direction, and wherein the moving unit includes an outer side surface extending along the sliding direction; a plurality of first main body electrodes disposed on the inner side surface of the main body along the sliding direction; and a plurality of first unit electrodes disposed on the outer side surface of the moving unit along the sliding direction, each of the plurality of first unit electrodes being configured to be electrically connectable to a corresponding one of the first main body electrodes, wherein: each of the plurality of first unit electrodes is configured to be electrically connected to the corresponding first main body electrode, as a result of the moving unit moving downward after moving from the drawn position to the accommodated position, the inner side surface and the outer side surface are oppositely spaced at a predetermined interval to avoid contact between the moving unit and the plurality of first main body electrodes when the moving unit is moving from the drawn position to the accommodated position, and at least one of the first unit electrodes is arranged to move in a path to overlap with one or more of the first main body electrodes as the moving unit is moving from the drawn position to the accommodated position, when viewed from a top/bottom direction.