Electrophotographic image forming apparatus, cartridge and process cartridge
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkiyoshi Yokoi, Hideshi Kawaguchi, Noriaki Tanaka
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAkiyoshi Yokoi, Hideshi Kawaguchi, Noriaki Tanaka
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An electrophotographic image forming apparatus to which a cartridge is detachably mountable for forming an image on a recording medium, having a main body electrical contact member having a main body electrical contact electrically connected to a cartridge electrical contact of the cartridge in order to supply electric power to an electric power supplied member of the cartridge when the cartridge is mounted on the apparatus main body, the main body electrical contact being movable relative to the apparatus main body, and an electrical contact cover member having an exposed portion for exposing the main body electrical contact, and covering the main body electrical contact member, and attached to the main body electrical contact member so that the exposed portion is movable relative to the main body electrical contact member, wherein in operative association with the operation of mounting the cartridge on the apparatus main body, the electrical contact cover member is moved relative to the main body electrical contact member so that the cartridge electrical contact and the main body electrical contact are electrically connected together in the exposed portion.
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A cartridge detachable mountable to an apparatus main body of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, said apparatus main body having a main body electrical contact member having a main body electrical contact movable relative to said apparatus main body, and an electrical contact cover member having an exposed portion for exposing said main body electrical contact, and covering said main body electrical contact member, and attached to said main body electrical contact member so that said exposed portion is movable relative to said main body electrical contact member, said cartridge comprising:
A cartridge detachably mountable to an apparatus main body of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, said cartridge comprising:
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