Ink cartridge having retaining structure and memory

Details Ink cartridge having retaining structure and memory Ink cartridge having retaining structure and memory

2007-07-17

2007-07-17

Stephens, Juanita D. (Department: 2853)

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Fluid or fluid source handling means

C347S085000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11318908

ABSTRACT:
The ink cartridge includes an ink supply port formed at a position, offset to one side, of a wall configuring an ink container body; a positioning projecting portion, formed on one wall out of two opposing walls adjacent the wall, whose upper surface and side portion are regulated imposition when the cartridge has been mounted on a recording apparatus; a lever, formed on the other wall out of the two walls, maintaining a normal hinged-open state and having a projection that is forcibly displaced outward when the cartridge is mounted on the recording apparatus; and electrodes that are connected to a memory unit storing information on the ink in an ink container and formed on the positioning projecting portion.

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