US 12,282,272 B2
Image forming apparatus and image forming system
Akinori Mitsumata, Tokyo (JP); Takeo Kawanami, Kanagawa (JP); and Shuma Hiasa, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/522,050.
Application 18/522,050 is a continuation of application No. 17/520,547, filed on Nov. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,841,643.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-187415 (JP), filed on Nov. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0094658 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/0879 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0874 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus to which a replenishment cartridge including a storing unit storing toner and a memory device storing information is attachable, the image forming apparatus comprising:
an installation portion to which the replenishment cartridge is attached;
a cover portion movable between (i) a cover position in which the cover portion covers the installation portion and (ii) an exposing position in which the installation portion is exposed;
a first electric contact portion provided inside the installation portion and configured to contact a second electric contact portion of the memory device included in the replenishment cartridge in a state where the replenishment cartridge is attached to the installation portion;
a regulation unit that includes a movable member movable from a first position to a second position and is configured to regulate the replenishment cartridge so as not to be detached from the installation portion in a case where the movable member is in the second position; and
a control unit,
wherein the regulation unit regulates the replenishment cartridge so as not to be detached from the installation portion, in a state where the cover portion is in the exposing position, by the movable member moving from the first position to the second position, and
wherein the control unit is configured to start communication with the memory device via the first electric contact portion and the second electric contact portion after the replenishment cartridge is regulated in the installation portion by the regulation unit in the state where the cover portion is in the exposing position.