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US 5,963,759 AGranted
Process cartridge and image forming apparatus to which process cartridge can detachably be mounted
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHisayoshi Kojima, Akiyoshi Fujita
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Abstract
A process cartridge detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, includes an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a process device acting on the electrophotographic photosensitive member, and a memory for transmitting information regarding at least the process means to the image forming apparatus. The memory means is attached to a front end face of the process cartridge into the image forming apparatus to be connected to a connector member of the image forming apparatus.
Claims17
A process cartridge detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an electrophotographic photosensitive member;
- process means acting on said electrophotographic photosensitive member;
- a memory chip;
- a connector for connecting said memory chip and a main body of said image forming apparatus when said cartridge is mounted on the main body;
- and
- a positioning mechanism for determining the posture of said cartridge when said cartridge is mounted on the main body;
- wherein, when said cartridge is mounted on the main body, said connector is connected with a connector member of the main body after the posture of said cartridge is determined by said positioning mechanism.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- image forming means for forming an image on a recording medium;
- and
- a process cartridge detachably mounted on said image forming apparatus, said process cartridge comprising:
- an electrophotographic photosensitive member;
- process means acting on said electrophotographic photosensitive member;
- a memory chip;
- a connector for connecting said memory chip and a main body of said image forming apparatus when said cartridge is mounted on the main body;
- and
- a positioning mechanism for determining the posture of said cartridge when said cartridge is mounted on the main body;
- wherein, when said cartridge is mounted on the main body, said connector is connected with a connector member of the main body after the posture of said cartridge is determined by said positioning mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.