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US 2014/0348518 A1Published application
Cartridge, developing cartridge, process cartridge and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKoichiro Masui, Masataka Mochizuki, Kenta Shibukawa
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Abstract
A cartridge includes: a developer accommodating chamber, provided with an opening, for accommodating a developer; a sealing member, provided with an electroconductive portion, for sealing the opening; and a storing element, provided with an electrical contact at a surface thereof, for storing information on the cartridge. The electroconductive portion covers the electrical contact.
Claims12
A cartridge comprising:
- a developer accommodating chamber, provided with an opening, for accommodating a developer;
- a sealing member, provided with an electroconductive portion, for sealing the opening;
- and
- a storing element, provided with an electrical contact at a surface thereof, for storing information on said cartridge,
- wherein the electroconductive portion covers the electrical contact.
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A cartridge comprising:
- a developer accommodating chamber, provided with an opening, for accommodating a developer;
- a sealing member, provided with an electroconductive portion, for sealing the opening;
- and
- a storing element, provided with an electrical contact capable of supplying electric power to an electrical contact of a connector provided in an image forming apparatus, for storing information on said cartridge and communicatable with the connector,
- wherein the electroconductive portion contacts the electrical contact of the connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.