Electrode and image forming apparatus
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshihiro OKAMOTO
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Abstract
An electrode for an image forming apparatus, the electrode including: an elastically deformable spring portion including a wire which is spirally wound and formed in a tube shape; an electrical contact portion provided continuously to the spring portion at one side in an axial direction of the spring portion, including the wire which is wound at least twice, and formed in an annular shape, where a center axis of the annular shape extends in an intersecting direction which intersects with the axial direction of the spring portion; and an extending portion provided continuously to the electrical contact portion and extending at least in the intersecting direction.
Claims10
An electrode for an image forming apparatus, the electrode comprising:
- an elastically deformable spring portion including a wire which is spirally wound and formed in a tube shape;
- an electrical contact portion provided continuously to the spring portion at one side in an axial direction of the spring portion, including the wire which is wound at least twice, and formed in an annular shape, where a center axis of the annular shape extends in an intersecting direction which intersects with the axial direction of the spring portion;
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- an extending portion provided continuously to the electrical contact portion and extending at least in the intersecting direction.
An electrode for an image forming apparatus, the electrode comprising:
- a piece of wire including:
- a first portion including a spirally wound spring portion which extends in a first direction and is formed in a tube shape;
- a second portion connected to the first portion, including at least two windings, and formed in an annular shape, where a center axis of the annular shape extends in a second direction which intersects with the first direction;
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- a third portion connected to the second portion and extending at least in the second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.