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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2002
R. Winfield Trafton, Brockport, NY (US);
James S. Newkirk, LeRoy, NY (US);
Scott C. Robinson, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
R. Winfield Trafton, Brockport, NY (US);
James S. Newkirk, LeRoy, NY (US);
Scott C. Robinson, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An ink cartridge incorporating a memory chip includes a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall and plural side walls defining the exterior of the cartridge for enclosing a supply of ink. The bottom wall having an aperture formed therein to provide an opening through the exterior surface of the bottom wall. A pocket-like structure is formed within the bottom wall and/or on an inside surface of the bottom wall. A substrate including a memory chip is received in the pocket-like structure, the substrate including at least one electrical contact that faces the aperture so as to be accessible by a contact member external to the cartridge when the cartridge is mounted in a printer's cartridge receiving receptacle.