Liquid container and liquid supplying system
First Claim
1. An ink container, comprising:
- a container body including a chamber configured to contain an ink;
a substrate positioned outside the chamber, the substrate having a first surface which faces toward an inside of the container body and a second surface which is opposite the first surface;
a light emitter provided on the first surface; and
an exposed electrical contact provided on the second surface and configured to receive electrical signal for causing the light emitter to emit light.
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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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71 Claims
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1. An ink container, comprising:
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a container body including a chamber configured to contain an ink; a substrate positioned outside the chamber, the substrate having a first surface which faces toward an inside of the container body and a second surface which is opposite the first surface; a light emitter provided on the first surface; and an exposed electrical contact provided on the second surface and configured to receive electrical signal for causing the light emitter to emit light. - 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, 70)
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25. An ink container comprising:
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a container body including a chamber configured to contain an ink, the container body having an ink supply port configured to supply the ink in the chamber to an outside of the container body; an electrical contact; a light emitter; and a substrate positioned on an outer surface of the container body and provided with the electrical contact and the light emitter, wherein the substrate has a first surface which faces toward an inside of the container body, and a second surface which is opposite the first surface, and wherein the light emitter is provided on the first surface and the electrical contact is provided on the second surface. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36)
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34. An ink container comprising:
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a container body including a chamber containing ink; an electrical contact; a light emitter; a controller having a memory storing container discrimination information that indicates a color of the ink in the chamber, the controller being configured (a) to receive data including color information via the electrical contact, (b) to control actuation of the light emitter based on the color information included in the received data and the container discrimination information stored in the memory when the received data includes an actuation control code for actuating the light emitter, and (c) to control deactuation of the light emitter based on the color information included in the received data and the container discrimination information stored in the memory when the received data includes a deactuation control code for deactuating the light emitter; and a substrate positioned on an outer surface of the container body and provided with the electrical contact, the light emitter and the controller, wherein the substrate has a first surface which faces toward the chamber, and a second surface which is opposite the first surface and which faces away from the chamber, and wherein the light emitter is provided on the first surface and the electrical contact is provided on the second surface. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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37. An ink container comprising:
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a container body including a chamber containing ink; an ink supply port disposed at a first part of the container body; a latch lever elastically deformable toward a second part of the container body and having a latching portion spaced apart from the second part, the second part being between the chamber and the latching portion; an electrical contact; a light emitter; a controller having a memory storing container discrimination information that indicates a color of the ink in the chamber, the controller being configured;
(a) to receive data including color information via the electrical contact, (b) to control actuation of the light emitter based on the color information included in the received data and the container discrimination information stored in the memory when the received data includes an actuation control code for actuating the light emitter, and (c) to control deactuation of the light emitter based on the color information included in the received data and the container discrimination information stored in the memory when the received data includes a deactuation control code for deactuating the light emitter; anda substrate disposed on an inclined portion of the container body which is adjacent to the first part and the second part and which is inclined relative to the first part and the second part, the substrate being provided with the electrical contact, the light emitter and the controller, wherein the substrate has a first surface which faces toward the chamber, and a second surface which is opposite the first surface and which faces away from the chamber, and wherein the light emitter is provided on the first surface and the electrical contact is provided on the second surface. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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40. An ink container comprising:
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a container body including a chamber containing ink; an electrical contact; a light emitter; a controller having a memory storing color information that indicates a color of the ink in the chamber, the controller being configured (a) to turn on the light emitter in response to a turn-on code for turning on the light emitter received via the electrical contact, if color information received via the electrical contact is the same as the color discrimination information stored in the memory, and (b) to turn off the light emitter in response to a turn-off code for turning off the light emitter received via the electrical contact, if the color information received via the electrical contact is the same as the color information stored in the memory; and a substrate positioned on an outer surface of the container body and provided with the electrical contact, the light emitter and the controller, wherein the substrate has a first surface which faces toward the chamber, and a second surface which is opposite the first surface and which faces away from the chamber, and wherein the light emitter is provided on the first surface and the electrical contact is provided on the second surface. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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43. An ink container comprising:
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a container body including a chamber containing ink; an ink supply port disposed at a first part of the container body; a latch lever elastically deformable toward a second part of the container body and having a latching portion spaced apart from the second part, the second part being between the chamber and the latching portion; an electrical contact; a light emitter; a controller having a memory storing color information that indicates a color of the ink in the chamber, the controller being configured (a) to turn on the light emitter in response to a turn-on code for turning on the light emitter received via the electrical contact, if color information received via the electrical contact is the same as the color information stored in the memory, and (b) to turn off the light emitter in response to a turn-off code for turning off the light emitter received via the electrical contact, if the color information received via the electrical contact is the same as the color information stored in the memory; and a substrate disposed on an inclined portion of the container body which is adjacent to the first part and the second part and which is inclined relative to the first part and the second part, the substrate being provided with the electrical contact, the light emitter and the controller, wherein the substrate has a first surface which faces toward the chamber, and a second surface which is opposite the first surface and which faces away from the chamber, and wherein the light emitter is provided on the first surface and the electrical contact is provided on the second surface. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45)
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46. An ink container, comprising:
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a container body including a chamber configured to contain an ink, the container body having an ink supply port configured to supply the ink in the chamber to an outside of the container body; an elastically deformable latch lever having a latching portion; a substrate positioned outside of the chamber, the substrate having (i) a first surface that faces toward an inside of the container body and (ii) a second surface that is opposite the first surface; an electrical contact provided on the second surface; and a light emitter provided on the first surface, wherein in a state that the ink container is oriented with the ink supply port facing downward, the substrate is between the latching portion and the ink supply port when the container is viewed from below. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71)
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