Apparatus and method for preventing an information storage device from falling from a removable device

摘要

An information storage device installed in a removable device configured to be removably installed in an image forming apparatus body, includes: an information storage unit that stores information communicated between the image forming apparatus body and the removable device; a terminal that comes in contact with a body side terminal; and a substrate that holds the information storage unit and the terminal and includes a hole configured to be engaged with a protruding section installed in the image forming apparatus body. The terminal includes a plurality of terminals each including one of a plurality of metallic plates arranged in a transverse direction thereof. An earth terminal, which comes in contact with a body side earth terminal formed in the protruding section, is formed in the hole. The hole is disposed at a position sandwiched between two metallic plates among the plurality of metallic plates.

主权项

1. A shutter for opening and closing a toner discharge opening of a toner container, comprising:
a main shutter to close the toner discharge opening, the main shutter having two sides that are parallel to a length of the toner container which corresponds to a longitudinal direction of the toner container, when the main shutter is installed in the toner container; and a pair of shutter sliders respectively corresponding to the two sides of the main shutter, each of the shutter sliders connected to the corresponding side of the main shutter, wherein each of the shutter sliders extends beyond a rear of the main shutter in the longitudinal direction of the toner container.