Title:
INK CARTRIDGE FOR RECORDING DEVICE AND INK JET RECORDING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2001/053104
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An ink cartridge disposing, on one face of a cartridge case, connection terminals for a circuit board comprising a positioning means for charging an ink cartridge into a recording device, a port for leading out ink from an ink pack, a port for leading in pressurized air, and a storage means for storing the information on cartridge ink and an ink jet recording device having the ink cartridge mounted thereon; the ink cartridge, wherein the cartridge is fixedly positioned three-dimensionally and accurately in a holder by the positioning means, a mechanical positioning and electrical connection are made accurately, the reliability of operation of the recording device is increased; the recording device, wherein the connection terminals for the board is disposed on the upper side of the ink lead-out port with the cartridge charged by the positioning means, whereby, even if ink is leaked from the ink lead-out port, the connection terminals can be avoided from being stained from ink.
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Inventors:
Ishizawa, Taku (Seiko Epson Corporation, 3-5 Owa 3-chom, Suwa-shi Nagano, 392-8502, JP)
Kobayashi, Atsushi (Seiko Epson Corporation, 3-5 Owa 3-chom, Suwa-shi Nagano, 392-8502, JP)
Kimura, Hitotoshi (Seiko Epson Corporation, 3-5 Owa 3-chom, Suwa-shi Nagano, 392-8502, JP)
Aruga, Yoshiharu (Seiko Epson Corporation, 3-5 Owa 3-chom, Suwa-shi Nagano, 392-8502, JP)
Kobayashi, Atsushi (Seiko Epson Corporation, 3-5 Owa 3-chom, Suwa-shi Nagano, 392-8502, JP)
Kimura, Hitotoshi (Seiko Epson Corporation, 3-5 Owa 3-chom, Suwa-shi Nagano, 392-8502, JP)
Aruga, Yoshiharu (Seiko Epson Corporation, 3-5 Owa 3-chom, Suwa-shi Nagano, 392-8502, JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2001/000386
Publication Date:
July 26, 2001
Filing Date:
January 22, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION (4-1 Nishi-Shinjuku 2-chome, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 163-0811, JP)
Ishizawa, Taku (Seiko Epson Corporation, 3-5 Owa 3-chom, Suwa-shi Nagano, 392-8502, JP)
Kobayashi, Atsushi (Seiko Epson Corporation, 3-5 Owa 3-chom, Suwa-shi Nagano, 392-8502, JP)
Kimura, Hitotoshi (Seiko Epson Corporation, 3-5 Owa 3-chom, Suwa-shi Nagano, 392-8502, JP)
Aruga, Yoshiharu (Seiko Epson Corporation, 3-5 Owa 3-chom, Suwa-shi Nagano, 392-8502, JP)
Ishizawa, Taku (Seiko Epson Corporation, 3-5 Owa 3-chom, Suwa-shi Nagano, 392-8502, JP)
Kobayashi, Atsushi (Seiko Epson Corporation, 3-5 Owa 3-chom, Suwa-shi Nagano, 392-8502, JP)
Kimura, Hitotoshi (Seiko Epson Corporation, 3-5 Owa 3-chom, Suwa-shi Nagano, 392-8502, JP)
Aruga, Yoshiharu (Seiko Epson Corporation, 3-5 Owa 3-chom, Suwa-shi Nagano, 392-8502, JP)
International Classes:
B41J2/175; F16K31/06; G01D15/16; G01D15/18; (IPC1-7): B41J2/175
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kinoshita, Shigeru (Kaneko Building, 4th floor 42, Nakasaiwai-cho 4-chome, Saiwai-k, Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa, 212-0012, JP)
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