| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus configured to prevent unpredictable interference between a body-side contact and a unit-side contact, while ensuring proper contact state between them.SOLUTION: A process cartridge 30 is detachably housed in a unit housing section of a device body, and includes a body-side contact 40 and a cartridge-side contact. The cartridge-side contact is arranged on a side wall surface orthogonal to a detachment direction of the process cartridge 30. The body-side contact 40 is arranged on a side wall surface 9a with a cartridge housing section formed thereon, in a position where the body-side contact 40 comes into contact with the cartridge-side contact when the process cartridge 30 is housed. A compression coil spring 41 for biasing a contact member 42 which moves toward the process cartridge 30 is arranged in the body-side contact 40. A tapered surface is formed in a tip section which protrudes toward the other end where the process cartridge 30 has not been inserted. The tapered surface has a taper amount r which is equal to or larger than a moving amount T to be obtained before and after the process cartridge 30 is inserted. |
