Cartridge configured of two units and image forming apparatus that accommodates the cartridge
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakashi Shimizu
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AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakashi Shimizu
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A cartridge mountable in an image forming apparatus includes a first unit that stores developer and a second unit that accommodates the first unit. The first unit includes a first detected part configured to be displaced irreversibly from a first-unit new-product position to a first-unit used position upon receipt of a driving force from the image forming apparatus, the first detected part contacting a detector provided in the image forming apparatus while being displaced from the first-unit new-product position to the first-unit used position to be detected by the detector. The second unit includes a second detected part configured to be displaced irreversibly from a second-unit new-product position to a second-unit used position upon receipt of a driving force from the image forming apparatus, the second detected part contacting the detector while being displaced from the second-unit new-product position to the second-unit used position to be detected by the detector.
A process cartridge configured to be detachably mountable in an image forming apparatus provided with a detector, the process cartridge comprising:
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