Patent ID: 9141084
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A cartridge configured to be detachably mountable in an image forming apparatus provided with a detector, the cartridge comprising: a first unit configured to store developer therein and comprising 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 being configured to contact the detector while being displaced from the first-unit new-product position to the first-unit used position to permit the first detected part to be detected by the detector; and a second unit provided with a photosensitive drum and configured to detachably accommodate the first unit, the second unit comprising 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 being configured to contact the detector while being displaced from the second-unit new-product position to the second-unit used position to permit the second detected part to be detected by the detector.