Patent ID: 9714696
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: F16H,G03G

Claim:
1. A cartridge comprising: a housing configured to accommodate developer therein and having a first wall and a second wall opposing each other in a first direction defined as a direction from the second wall toward the first wall; an agitator gear configured to rotate about a first axis parallel to the first direction for transmitting a drive force, the agitator gear comprising: a detected body configured to rotate about a second axis parallel to the first axis upon receipt of the drive force from the agitator gear to move the detected body irreversibly from a first position to a second position, the first engaging portion being configured to engage the detected body at the first position upon rotation of the agitator gear, the detected body comprising: wherein the detected portion extends from the peripheral portion, and wherein the agitator gear and the detected body provide a such positional relationship that the first engaging portion passes between the cutout portion and the second gear portion and then engages the detected body at the first position to bring the detection gear portion into engagement with the first gear portion.