Patent · US Expired

Electric contact member applying voltage to charger, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus

US6954600B2 · kind B2 · utility

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28Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 29, 2003
Grant dateOct 11, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 18, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/183
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electric contact member applying a voltage from a voltage applying device to a charger reciprocally moving in a longitudinal direction of an image carrier. The member includes a securing portion electrically connected to a side of the voltage applying device, a moving portion reciprocally movable and connected electrically to a side of the charger, and a buffer portion formed between the securing portion and the moving portion.

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