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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Seto, Gotemba, JP;
Tamotsu Kaneko, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus including an apparatus electric-contact that is connectable to a cartridge electric-contact of a cartridge, which is equipped with a memory that stores information related to the cartridge, such that the information is transmitted from the cartridge to a main apparatus body of the image forming apparatus; a connector having the apparatus electric-contact and a first engaging unit that is engageable with the cartridge so as to position the cartridge electric-contact and the apparatus electric-contact in a predetermined direction; and a connector holder that holds the connector in a movable manner. The connector holder has a second engaging unit that is engageable with the cartridge. The connector is movable in the predetermined direction.