Liquid container and liquid supplying system
First Claim
1. An ink container comprising:
- a chamber configured to contain ink;
a light emitter positioned outside of the chamber;
a memory positioned outside of the chamber and storing container discrimination information that indicates a color of the ink in the chamber;
an electrical contact positioned outside of the chamber; and
a control circuit positioned outside of the chamber and configured;
(i) to receive information via the electrical contact,(ii) to turn on the light emitter, if the received information includes information corresponding to the container discrimination information stored in the memory and a turn-on code for turning on the light emitter, and(iii) to turn off the light emitter, if the received information includes information corresponding to the container discrimination information stored in the memory and a turn-off code for turning off the light emitter.
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Abstract
A liquid container detachably mountable to a recording apparatus to which a plurality of liquid containers are detachably mountable, wherein the recording apparatus includes apparatus electrical contacts corresponding to the liquid containers, respectively, photoreceptor means for receiving light, and an electric circuit connected with a line which is commonly connected with the apparatus electrical contacts, the liquid container includes a container electrical contact electrically connectable with one of the apparatus contacts; an information storing portion capable of storing at least individual information of the liquid container; a light emitting portion; a controller for controlling emission of light of the light emitting portion in response to a correspondence between a signal indicative of individual information supplied through the container electrical contact and the information stored in the information storing means.
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68 Claims
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1. An ink container comprising:
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a chamber configured to contain ink; a light emitter positioned outside of the chamber; a memory positioned outside of the chamber and storing container discrimination information that indicates a color of the ink in the chamber; an electrical contact positioned outside of the chamber; and a control circuit positioned outside of the chamber and configured; (i) to receive information via the electrical contact, (ii) to turn on the light emitter, if the received information includes information corresponding to the container discrimination information stored in the memory and a turn-on code for turning on the light emitter, and (iii) to turn off the light emitter, if the received information includes information corresponding to the container discrimination information stored in the memory and a turn-off code for turning off the light emitter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 37)
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11. An ink container comprising:
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a chamber configured to contain ink; a light emitter positioned outside of the chamber; a memory positioned outside of the chamber and storing container discrimination information that indicates a color of the ink in the chamber; an electrical contact positioned outside of the chamber; and a control circuit positioned outside of the chamber and configured; (i) to receive information via the electrical contact, and (ii) to control the light emitter, if the received information includes information corresponding to the container discrimination information stored in the memory and a control code for controlling the light emitter, wherein the ink container is configured so that at least a portion of light emitted from the light emitter travels away from the chamber without passing through the chamber. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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32. An ink container comprising:
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a container body including a chamber configured to contain ink, the container body having an ink supply port for supplying the ink in the chamber to an outside of the container body, the container body having a bottom wall having the ink supply port, a top wall and a plurality of side walls, the bottom wall, the top wall and the plurality of side walls being defined by orientation when the ink container is oriented with the ink supply port facing downward, the plurality of side walls including a first side wall and a second side wall opposed to the first side wall, the ink supply port being closer to the second side wall than to the first side wall; a latch lever provided on the container body and elastically deformable toward the first side wall, the latch lever having a latching projection which is closer to the first side wall than to the second side wall and which is spaced from the first side wall; a light emitter; a memory storing container discrimination information that indicates a color of the ink in the chamber; an electrical contact; a control circuit configured (i) to receive information via the electrical contact and (ii) to control the light emitter, if the received information includes information corresponding to the container discrimination information stored in the memory and a control code for controlling the light emitter; and a substrate provided with the light emitter, the memory, the electrical contact and the control circuit, the substrate being provided on the container body outside the chamber so that the electrical contact is closer to the bottom wall than to the top wall and is closer to the first side wall than to the second side wall. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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38. An ink container comprising:
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a chamber configured to contain ink; a light emitter positioned outside of the chamber; a memory positioned outside of the chamber and storing container discrimination information that indicates a color of the ink in the chamber; an electrical contact positioned outside of the chamber; and a control circuit positioned outside of the chamber and configured to control the light emitter based on (i) a control code for controlling the light emitter and color information which are received via the electrical contact and (ii) the container discrimination information stored in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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52. An ink container comprising:
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a chamber configured to contain ink; a light emitter positioned outside of the chamber; a memory positioned outside of the chamber and storing container discrimination information that indicates a color of the ink in the chamber; an electrical contact positioned outside of the chamber; and a control circuit positioned outside of the chamber and configured (i) to receive a set of a control code for controlling the light emitter and color information, and (ii) to turn off the light emitter based on the color information included in the set and the container discrimination information stored in the memory.
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Specification