20100239306 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: a frame member including a first electrode; a replacement unit including a second electrode that electrically contacts the first electrode, wherein the replacement unit is movable relative to the frame member along with a moving direction, the moving direction includes a first direction and second direction that intersects the first direction, wherein one of the first electrode and the second electrode, which is formed by a wire, and which includes a contact portion, wherein the contact portion, which is bent along a intersection plane, and which is movable in a third direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, and wherein a direction of contact portion is set so that the intersection plane intersects with a first plane and a second plane at angles smaller than an intersection angle formed by the intersection of the first plane and the second plane. | 09-23-2010 |