IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING LINK CONFIGURED TO ABUT ON CARTRIDGE FOR MOVING SHUTTER OF FIXING DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL CONTACT POSITIONED ON OPPOSITE SIDE FROM THE LINK WITH RESPECT TO ATTACHED CARTRIDGE, AND CARTRIDGE THEREFOR

Abstract: an image-forming apparatus includes a housing, a cartridge, a fixing device, a shutter, a link connected to the shutter, and an electrical contact. the fixing device includes a heating unit. the shutter is movable between a closing position for covering an upstream end of the heating unit in a sheet conveying direction and an opening position for uncovering the upstream end of the heating unit. the link is provided on the housing and is configured to abut on the cartridge to move the shutter between the closing position and the opening position. the electrical contact is provided on the housing and contacts an electrical contact surface of a memory of the cartridge attached to the housing. in the housing, the link and the electrical contact are positioned on opposite sides of a center line of the attached cartridge in a widthwise direction orthogonal to an attachment/detachment direction of the cartridge.

Inventor(s): Saya MINOSHIMA

CPC Classification: G03G21/1832 (using a processing cartridge {, whereby the process cartridge comprises at least two image processing means in a single unit})

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