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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2016
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Kenichi Nagata, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A cartridge capable of preventing careless damage or the like of a memory unit and an image forming apparatus including the cartridge are provided. A toner cartridge (to) which stores toner used for image formation and which is detachably attached to an attachment portion () of an image forming station (Pa to Pd) includes: a cartridge body (); and a memory unit () which is rotatably attached to the cartridge body (), wherein before the toner cartridge is attached to the attachment portion () of the image forming station (Pa to Pd), an electrode terminal portion () of the memory unit () is protected from the outside by a distal end in an attachment direction C of the cartridge body (), when the toner cartridge is attached to the attachment portion () of the image forming station (Pa to Pd), the memory unit () rotates approximately 90 degrees whereby an electrode terminal (to) of the electrode terminal portion () is electrically connected to an electrode terminal (to) of the connecting portion () of the attachment portion ().