Cartridge Detection
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMotoaki Mushika, Masamitsu Ukai
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AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMotoaki Mushika, Masamitsu Ukai
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A cartridge which may include a housing, a driving input member provided at the housing and configured to be rotated by an externally supplied rotation driving force, and a rotational member configured to receive the rotation driving force, which is transmitted from the driving input member, and be rotated thereby. The cartridge may also include a detection protrusion including an elastic body and which is disposed at a position away from a rotational center of the rotational member. The detection protrusion may protrude from the rotational member away from the housing. The cartridge may also include a cover attached to the housing, the cover having an opposite part that faces a portion of the rotational member from which the detection protrusion protrudes. At an initial position, which is a position before the rotational member is rotated, the detection protrusion may abut the opposite part of the cover.
A cartridge comprising:
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