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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2008
Hisashi Miyazawa, Nagano-ken, JP;
Munehide Kanaya, Nagano-ken, JP;
Yasuto Sakai, Nagano-ken, JP;
Masaki Shimomura, Nagano-ken, JP;
Satoshi Nakata, Nagano-ken, JP;
Yoshihiro Koizumi, Nagano-ken, JP;
Hiroshige Owaki, Nagano-ken, JP;
Takeo Seino, Nagano-ken, JP;
Satoshi Shinada, Nagano-ken, JP;
Hisashi Miyazawa, Nagano-ken, JP;
Munehide Kanaya, Nagano-ken, JP;
Yasuto Sakai, Nagano-ken, JP;
Masaki Shimomura, Nagano-ken, JP;
Satoshi Nakata, Nagano-ken, JP;
Yoshihiro Koizumi, Nagano-ken, JP;
Hiroshige Owaki, Nagano-ken, JP;
Takeo Seino, Nagano-ken, JP;
Satoshi Shinada, Nagano-ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink cartridge having a container for storing ink therein and having an ink supply port formed at a leading end side in an insertion direction of the container, a memory device disposed on a first of two opposite surfaces parallel to the insertion direction of the container, the memory device having an electrode for electrical connection to the recording device; a retaining member disposed on the first surface and located at a trailing end side relative to the memory device in the insertion direction, the retaining member serving to selectively engage with the recording device; and another retaining member disposed on the second surface and which also serves to selectively engage with the recording device.