Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrophotographic color image forming apparatus with movable cartridge carrying member and associated electrical contacts
- Patent Title (中): 具有可动盒承载构件和相关电触头的电子照相彩色图像形成装置
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Application No.: US14104323Application Date: 2013-12-12
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Publication No.: US09002230B2Publication Date: 2015-04-07
- Inventor: Chikara Imaizumi , Takeo Kawanami , Tomio Noguchi , Hiromi Fujinaka
- Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2006-004022 20060111; JP2006-340005 20061218
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/18 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus is usable with process cartridges that each include an electrophotographic photosensitive drum. The image forming apparatus includes a movable member that is movable between an inside of the main assembly of the apparatus and an outside of the main assembly of the apparatus in a direction crossing with a longitudinal direction of the drum while carrying the cartridges. A main assembly electrical contact is provided inside the main assembly along a movement path of the movable member. An intermediary electrical contact is provided and includes a first electrical contact portion that is disposed inside the movable member, with the intermediary electrical contact being electrically connectable to a cartridge electrical contact of a cartridge, and a second electrical contact portion is disposed outside the movable member, with the second electrical contact portion electrically connectable to a main assembly electrical contact provided in the main assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140099140A1 ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-04-10
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