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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2010
Holli C. Ogle, Corvallis, OR (US);
Francesc Ros Cerro, Sant Vicent de Montalt, ES;
Martin Urrutia Nebreda, Barcelona, ES;
Richard Lewis, Barcelona, ES;
Marc Bautista Palacios, Sant Dugat del Valles, ES;
Holli C. Ogle, Corvallis, OR (US);
Francesc Ros Cerro, Sant Vicent de Montalt, ES;
Martin Urrutia Nebreda, Barcelona, ES;
Richard Lewis, Barcelona, ES;
Marc Bautista Palacios, Sant Dugat del Valles, ES;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A connector for connecting to an ink container. In one embodiment, the connector includes a housing that defines an interior space, a latch lever pivotally mounted to the housing that is adapted to secure the connector to the ink container, and an internal switch provided within the interior space of the housing, the internal switch being configured to send a signal to a printer associated with the ink container when the switch is tripped, wherein the internal switch is tripped when the latch lever is pivoted by a user during disconnection of the connector from the ink container but before the connector is in fact disconnected.