Image Forming Device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKeita Shimizu
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body and a cartridge configured to be mounted to and detached from the apparatus main body. The cartridge includes a rotating member which is configured to rotate and comprises a detected portion and a first engaging portion. The apparatus main body includes a detecting portion configured to detect the detected portion and a second engaging portion configured to engage with the first engaging portion. At least when the detecting portion detects the detected portion, the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are engaged with each other by rotation of the rotating member.
Claims17
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus main body;
- and
- a cartridge configured to be mounted to and detached from the apparatus main body,
- wherein the cartridge comprises a rotating member which is configured to rotate and comprises a detected portion and a first engaging portion,
- wherein the apparatus main body comprises a detecting portion configured to detect the detected portion and a second engaging portion configured to engage with the first engaging portion, and
- wherein, at least when the detecting portion detects the detected portion, the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are engaged with each other by rotation of the rotating member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.