Ink-jet printing apparatus and ink cartridge therefor
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1. An ink cartridge for mounting on an ink jet printing apparatus having a plurality of contact members and a printhead which ejects ink droplets onto a recording medium, the ink cartridge comprising:
- a housing containing ink therein and having an exterior;
an ink supply port formed on a wall of said housing for directing ink in said housing to the printhead;
a semiconductor storage device storing information of ink disposed on said housing; and
a plurality of terminals provided on the exterior of said housing, at least one of which terminals is for electrically connecting said semiconductor storage device to the ink jet printing apparatus and another one of the terminals is for electrically connecting to at least two of the contact members of the printing apparatus and which is a detection terminal that represents an existence of the ink cartridge mounted on the printing apparatus.
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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.
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1. An ink cartridge for mounting on an ink jet printing apparatus having a plurality of contact members and a printhead which ejects ink droplets onto a recording medium, the ink cartridge comprising:
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a housing containing ink therein and having an exterior; an ink supply port formed on a wall of said housing for directing ink in said housing to the printhead; a semiconductor storage device storing information of ink disposed on said housing; and a plurality of terminals provided on the exterior of said housing, at least one of which terminals is for electrically connecting said semiconductor storage device to the ink jet printing apparatus and another one of the terminals is for electrically connecting to at least two of the contact members of the printing apparatus and which is a detection terminal that represents an existence of the ink cartridge mounted on the printing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An ink cartridge for mounting on an ink jet printing apparatus having a plurality of contact members and a printhead which ejects ink droplets onto a recording medium, the ink cartridge comprising:
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a housing containing ink therein and having an exterior; an ink supply port formed on a wall of said housing for directing ink in said housing to the printhead; a semiconductor storage device storing information of ink disposed on said housing; a plurality of terminals provided on the exterior of said housing, at least one of which terminals is for electrically connecting said semiconductor storage device to the ink jet printing apparatus and another one of the terminals is for electrically connecting to at least two of the contact members of the printing apparatus; and a substrate on which said semiconductor device is disposed on one surface thereof and said plurality of terminals are arranged on the other surface thereof.
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26. An ink cartridge for mounting on an ink jet printing apparatus having a plurality of contact members and a printhead which ejects ink droplets onto a recording medium, the ink cartridge comprising:
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a housing containing ink therein and having an exterior; an ink supply port formed on a wall of said housing for directing ink in said housing to the printhead; a semiconductor storage device storing information of ink disposed on said housing; a plurality of terminals provided on the exterior of said housing, at least one of which terminals is for electrically connecting said semiconductor storage device to the ink jet printing apparatus and another one of the terminals is for electrically connecting to at least two of the contact members of the printing apparatus; and a substrate on which said semiconductor device is disposed on one surface thereof, and said plurality of terminals are arranged on the same surface of said substrate as said semiconductor storage device.
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27. An ink cartridge for mounting on an ink jet printing apparatus having a plurality of contact members and a printhead which ejects ink droplets onto a recording medium, the ink cartridge comprising:
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a housing containing ink therein and having an exterior; an ink supply port formed on a wall of said housing for directing ink in said housing to the printhead; a semiconductor storage device storing information of ink disposed on said housing; and a plurality of terminals provided on the exterior of said housing, at least one of which terminals is for electrically connecting said semiconductor storage device to the ink jet printing apparatus and another one of the terminals is for electrically connecting to at least two of the contact members of the printing apparatus, wherein said plurality of terminals are grouped into at least a first group and a second group, and wherein said first group and second group of terminals have different height with respect to a direction in which the ink cartridge is mounted on the printing apparatus.
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28. An ink cartridge for mounting on an ink jet printing apparatus having a plurality of contact members and a printhead which ejects ink droplets onto a recording medium, the ink cartridge comprising:
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a housing containing ink therein and having an exterior; an ink supply port formed on a wall of said housing for directing ink in said housing to the printhead; a semiconductor storage device storing information of ink disposed on said housing; and a plurality of terminals provided on the exterior of said housing, at least one of which terminals is for electrically connecting said semiconductor storage device to the ink jet printing apparatus and another one of the terminals is for electrically connecting to at least two of the contact members of the printing apparatus, wherein said semiconductor storage device is mounted on said housing by a spring and a mounting plate.
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29. An ink cartridge for mounting on an ink jet printing apparatus having a plurality of contact members and a printhead which ejects ink droplets onto a recording medium, the ink cartridge comprising:
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a housing containing ink therein and having an exterior; an ink supply port formed on a wall of said housing for directing ink in said housing to the printhead; a semiconductor storage device storing information of ink disposed on said housing; and a plurality of terminals provided on the exterior of said housing, at least one of which terminals is for electrically connecting said semiconductor storage device to the ink jet printing apparatus and another one of the terminals is for electrically connecting to at least two of the contact members of the printing apparatus, wherein said terminal for electrically connecting to at least two of the contact members includes a first terminal region and a second terminal region in electrical communication with the first terminal region.
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