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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2017
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
David C. Harvey, Portland, OR (US);
Curt Gonzales, Corvallis, OR (US);
Ralph L. Stathem, Lebanon, OR (US);
David Olsen, Corvallis, OR (US);
David Welter, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
An ink cartridge for an inkjet printer includes a bottom face and a front face; an ink interface on the front face of the ink cartridge for connection to a cartridge receiving structure; a guide interface in the bottom face for guiding the cartridge along a straight line during insertion into the cartridge receiving structure for connecting the ink interface; a latch track disposed in the bottom face of the ink cartridge to guide a latch of the cartridge receiving structure; a latch stop disposed in the latch track for engaging the latch, where the latch track comprises a locking track and an unlocking track to accommodate movement of the latch with respect to the latch stop, the locking track being at least partly separate from the unlocking track; and a latch guide for redirecting the latch towards the locking track, rather than the unlocking track.