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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
May. 16, 2002
Lisa M. Hanson, Vancouver, WA (US);
Curt G. Gonzales, Corvallis, OR (US);
Dion C. Davidson, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Charles R. Steinmetz, Corvallis, OR (US);
Scott D. Sturgeon, Vancouver, WA (US);
David C. Johnson, Portland, OR (US);
Jeffrey T. Hendricks, Camas, WA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a replaceable ink container for providing ink to an inkjet printing system. The inkjet printing system has a receiving station for receiving the replaceable ink container. The replaceable ink container includes a handle extending from a trailing end of the ink container for grasping the ink container for insertion into the receiving station. Also included is a latch for securing the replaceable ink container to the receiving station. The latch has an extended position for engaging the receiving station for securing the ink container to the receiving station and a retracted position. The latch is so disposed and arranged on the ink container to be urged from the extended position to the retracted position as the handle is grasped.