Image-forming apparatus including link configured to abut on cartridge for moving shutter of fixing device and electrical contact positioned on opposite side from the link with respect to attached cartridge, and cartridge therefor

An image-forming apparatus comprising:

• a housing;
• a cartridge attachable to and detachable from the housing in an attachment/detachment direction, the cartridge including a memory storing information about the cartridge, the memory having an electrical contact surface;
• a fixing device configured to thermally fix a toner image on a sheet that is conveyed in a sheet conveying direction, the fixing device comprising a heating unit including a heater, the heating unit having an upstream end in the sheet conveying direction;
• a shutter movable, relative to the fixing device, between a closing position where the shutter closes the upstream end of the heating unit and an opening position where the shutter exposes the upstream end of the heating unit;
• a link provided on the housing, the link being connected to the shutter and being configured to abut on the cartridge to move the shutter between the closing position and the opening position;
• and
• an electrical contact provided on the housing and configured to contact the electrical contact surface of the memory upon attachment of the cartridge to the housing,
• wherein the cartridge defines a center line in a widthwise direction orthogonal to the attachment/detachment direction in a state where the cartridge is attached to the housing, and
• wherein, in the housing,
• the link and the electrical contact are positioned on opposite sides of the center line of the cartridge in the widthwise direction in the state where the cartridge is attached to the housing.