Image forming apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShota Shinoya
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a drawer, a drawer-side electrical contact, a cover, a main body-side electrical contact and an elastic member interposed between a base and a panel. The main body-side electrical contact and the panel are held to be movable relative to the base in a third direction as being an extension and contraction direction of the elastic member. The image forming apparatus takes: a first state where the cover is open, the drawer-side electrical contact contacts the main body-side electrical contact, and the elastic member has a first length; and a second state where the cover is closed, the drawer-side electrical contact contacts the main body-side electrical contact, and the elastic member in the third direction has a second length shorter than the first length.
Claims7
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a drawer comprising:
- a frame configured to receive a toner cartridge;
- and
- a drawer-side connector comprising:
- a drawer-side electrical contact part configured to electrically connected to a memory;
- and
- a drawer-side holder configured to hold therein the drawer-side electrical contact part;
- and
- an image forming apparatus main body comprising:
- a housing having an internal space, the drawer being accommodated in the internal space by moving the drawer relative to the housing;
- a controller;
- and
- a main body-side connector comprising:
- a main body-side electrical contact part located at an inner surface of the housing, the main body-side electrical contact part electrically connected to the controller;
- and
- a main body-side holder configured to hold therein the main body-side electrical contact part, the main body-side holder comprising:
- a base;
- a panel, the main body-side electrical contact part being fixed to the panel;
- and
- an elastic member interposed between the base and the panel,
- the main body-side connector holding the panel to be movable relative to the base in a first direction corresponding to deformation of the elastic member,
- wherein the main body-side connector is configured to hold the main body-side electrical contact part and the panel to be movable relative to the base in a second direction as being an extension and contraction direction of the elastic member,
- wherein the image forming apparatus is configured to take a first state and a second state,
- wherein in the first state,
- the drawer is accommodated in the internal space,
- the drawer-side electrical contact part is in contact with the main body-side electrical contact part, and
- a length of the elastic member in the second direction is a first length, and
- wherein in the second state,
- the drawer is accommodated in the internal space,
- the drawer-side electrical contact part is in contact with the main body-side electrical contact part, and
- the length of the elastic member in the second direction is a second length, the second length being shorter than the first length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.