Patent ID: 7203442

Claim:
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, to which a unit is detachably mountable, wherein said electrophotographic image forming apparatus is transportable with said unit mounted thereto, said electrophotographic image forming apparatus comprising: (i) a movable member; (ii) a main assembly electrical contact provided on said movable member; (iii) a mounting member configured and positioned to demountably mount said unit; (iv) said unit mounted to said mounting member, wherein said unit has a unit electrical contact electrically contactable to said main assembly electrical contact in an image forming operation for forming the image on the recording material; and (v) a separating member configured and positioned to separate said main assembly electrical contact and said unit electrical contact from each other by contacting said movable member and said unit to provide a gap between said main assembly electrical contact and said unit electrical contact when said electrophotographic image forming apparatus is transported with said unit mounted to said electrophotographic image forming apparatus.