US 11,720,051 B2
Cartridge including holder that facilitates recycling of storage medium
Kenta Tosuji, Nagoya (JP); Nao Itabashi, Nagoya (JP); and Kazuya Kamikawa, Nagakute (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/412,716.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-155107 (JP), filed on Sep. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0082992 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/1652 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0863 (2013.01); G03G 21/1885 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartridge comprising:
a housing;
a storage medium comprising an electrical contact surface; and
a holder movable relative to the housing, the holder including:
a first holder member holding the electrical contact surface and including at least one pawl, the first holder member having one end surface in a first direction crossing the electrical contact surface, and the electrical contact surface being positioned at the one end surface; and
a second holder member movable relative to the first holder member, the second holder member including at least one corner part engageable with the at least one pawl to provide an engaging portion therebetween, the second holder member having one end portion and another end face in the first direction, and the second holder member having a through-hole that is open at the another end face, the engaging portion being accessible from an outside of the holder through the through-hole.