Patent ID: 8712277

Claim:
A mechanism for electrification of a rotating body used in an image forming apparatus, comprising: a pressing member that is elastically-deformable; an electrifying object that contacts an inner portion of the rotating body; a conductive member that is a cloth or a sheet and includes a first portion and a second portion provided between the pressing member and the electrifying object along a longitudinal axis of the rotating body, wherein compression of the pressing member brings the first portion into contact with the electrifying object, and presses the second portion against a contact member that is conductive, wherein the contact member is one of a rotating shaft that rotates together with the rotating body, and a shaft that rotatably supports the rotating body, and wherein the first portion is in contact with the electrifying object, the second portion is in contact with the contact member, and conduction is provided between the rotating body and the contact member.