Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYushi Sadamitsu
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYushi Sadamitsu
Estimating the term…
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an image bearing member, a developing unit, a power supply, and a contact portion. The developing unit includes a developing container configured to store developer, a developer bearing member configured to rotate while bearing the developer stored in the developing container, and a developing magnet provided within the developer bearing member and comprising a plurality of magnetic poles in a circumferential direction. The developing unit is removably provided to the apparatus body. The contact portion electrically is connected with the power supply. The developing unit comprises a conductive member which is made of a conductive resin comprising a fixing portion fixing the developing magnet so that the magnetic poles of the developing magnet are fixed unrotatably with respect to the developing container. The conductive member is provided to electrically connect the contact portion with the developer bearing member.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.