IMAGING CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging cartridge that includes a contact that can be attached to any of the main bodies of two or more image forming apparatus different from each other in the direction in which an imaging cartridge is attached or detached, which can be used in common. SOLUTION: The imaging cartridge 1 includes: a casing 2 attachable to or detachable from the body 10 of the image forming apparatus; elements 3, 4, 5, and 6 required for image formation; and a contact 9 which, when attached to the body 10 of the image forming apparatus, electrically comes into contact with a contact member 14 of the body 10 of the image forming apparatus, thereby applying voltage to the elements 3, 4, 5, 6, required for image formation. In the imaging cartridge 1, the contact 9 is disposed over the two or more faces, 2a, 2b, 2c, of the casing 2. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT