Patent ID: 9058014
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: B41J,G03G

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: a cartridge comprising: a receiving portion configured to receive the cartridge; an electrical interface disposed at the receiving portion and configured to contact the electrical terminal when the receiving portion receives the cartridge; and a locking unit disposed at the receiving portion and configured to urge the cartridge in a direction opposite of the second direction by engaging a contact portion of the locking unit with the second surface when the receiving portion receives the cartridge, wherein an upstream end of the electrical interface in the first direction is disposed downstream from the contact portion of the locking unit in the first direction, wherein a distance between the upstream end of the electrical interface and the contact portion of the locking unit in the first direction is greater than a distance between a downstream end of the electrical terminal and an upstream end of the third surface in the first direction, wherein the engagement portion further comprises a fourth surface, wherein a downstream end of the fourth surface in the first direction is contiguous to the upstream end of the third surface in the first direction, wherein a downstream end of the second surface in the first direction is contiguous to an upstream end of the fourth surface, wherein the fourth surface faces a fourth direction, which forms an obtuse angle with the first direction, wherein the obtuse angle formed between the fourth direction and the first direction is less than the obtuse angle formed between the second direction and the first direction, and wherein a distance between the downstream end of the electrical terminal and the upstream end of the fourth surface is greater than the distance between the upstream end of the electrical interface and the contact portion of the locking unit in the first direction.