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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2006
Satoshi Shinada, Nagano-ken, JP;
Yasuto Sakai, Nagano-ken, JP;
Tomio Yokoyama, Nagano-ken, JP;
Kazuhiro Hashii, Nagano-ken, JP;
Atsuhiko Takeuchi, Nagano-ken, JP;
Kazumasa Harada, Nagano-ken, JP;
Satoshi Shinada, Nagano-ken, JP;
Yasuto Sakai, Nagano-ken, JP;
Tomio Yokoyama, Nagano-ken, JP;
Kazuhiro Hashii, Nagano-ken, JP;
Atsuhiko Takeuchi, Nagano-ken, JP;
Kazumasa Harada, Nagano-ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To enable a coupling terminal member of an ink cartridge and a coupling terminal of a printing apparatus to be in certain and increase a degree of freedom on installation position of a coupling terminal member of the cartridge, a cartridge installed in a printing apparatus for supplying the printing apparatus with ink includes an ink cartridge body for containing ink, an ink supply section on which an ink supply opening placed on or near a first sidewall of the ink cartridge body is formed, a memory for storing information on ink in the ink cartridge body, a contact terminal member on a second sidewall of the ink cartridge body coupled to the memory and a positioning member, which protrudes from the second sidewall, for positioning the ink cartridge properly with respect to the printing apparatus when the ink cartridge is installed in the printing apparatus.