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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2007
Applicants:
Satoshi Shinada, Nagano, JP;
Fujio Akahane, Nagano, JP;
Minoru Usui, Nagano, JP;
Takao Kobayashi, Nagano, JP;
Makoto Matsuzaki, Nagano, JP;
Inventors:
Satoshi Shinada, Nagano, JP;
Fujio Akahane, Nagano, JP;
Minoru Usui, Nagano, JP;
Takao Kobayashi, Nagano, JP;
Makoto Matsuzaki, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ink jet type printing apparatus in which an ink supply needle is located near one side in a direction perpendicular to the reciprocated directions of a carriage, a circuit board is mounted on a wall of an ink cartridge in the vicinity of the side on which an ink supply port is formed and plural contacts for connecting to external control means are formed on the exposed surface of the circuit board.