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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2010
Patrick V. Boyd, Albany, OR (US);
Melissa S. Gedraitis, Camas, WA (US);
Jeffrey A. Mueller, Corvallis, OR (US);
Judson Leiser, Corvallis, OR (US);
Patrick V. Boyd, Albany, OR (US);
Melissa S. Gedraitis, Camas, WA (US);
Jeffrey A. Mueller, Corvallis, OR (US);
Judson Leiser, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A fluid container usable with an image forming apparatus including a receiving unit having a plurality of receiver slots is disclosed. The fluid container includes a housing unit including a plurality of wall portions and a fluid chamber to store fluid therein. The housing unit is to removably attach to a respective receiver slot of the receiving unit. The fluid container includes a first key set disposed on an exterior surface of one wall portion of the housing unit. The first key set is to form a first key pattern corresponding to a conforming first receiver key pattern of a respective receiver slot. The fluid container includes a second key set disposed on an exterior surface of an other wall portion of the housing unit. The second key set is to form a second key pattern corresponding to a conforming second receiver key pattern of the respective receiver slot.