Printing material container, and board mounted on printing material container
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. A printing material container adapted to be attached to a printing apparatus by being inserted into the printing apparatus in an insertion direction, the printing apparatus having a print head and a plurality of apparatus-side electrical contact members, the printing material container comprising:
- an ink supply opening, having an exit, adapted to supply ink from the ink cartridge to the printing apparatus;
a low voltage electronic device adapted to receive and function with a low voltage, the low voltage electronic device comprising a memory device;
a high voltage electronic device adapted to receive and function with a high voltage, which is a higher voltage than the low voltage of the low voltage electronic device; and
a plurality of container-side terminals having contact portions adapted and positioned to contact corresponding apparatus-side contact forming members so that electrical communication is enabled between the container and the printing apparatus, the contact portions of the terminals including a plurality of low voltage electronic device contact portions electrically coupled to the low voltage electronic device, and a first high voltage electronic device contact portion and a second high voltage electronic device contact portion, each electrically coupled to the high voltage electronic device, wherein;
the contact portions are arranged in a first row of contact portions and in a second row of contact portions, the first row of contact portions and the second row of contact portions extending in a row direction which is generally orthogonal to the insertion direction,the first row of contact portions is disposed at a location that is further in the insertion direction than the second row of contact portions, and,the first row of contact portions has a first end position and a second end position at opposite ends thereof, the first high voltage electronic device contact portion is disposed at the first end position of the first row of contact portions and the second high voltage electronic device contact portion is disposed at the second end position of the first row of contact portions.
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Abstract
A printing material container detachably attachable to a printing apparatus having apparatus-side terminals. The container can comprise an electrical device, a memory device and a plurality of terminals. First and second terminals can be coupled to the electrical device and a plurality of memory terminals can be coupled to the memory device. Terminal contact portions are present where the terminals contact a respective apparatus side contact forming member. A short detection contact portion can be positioned to contact a contact forming member that itself is coupled to a short detection circuit of the printing apparatus. The terminals can be arranged with the memory terminal contact portions located to the left of the second terminal contact portion and to the right of the first terminal contact portion. The contact portion that is second farthest to the right can be the third contact portion.
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1. A printing material container adapted to be attached to a printing apparatus by being inserted into the printing apparatus in an insertion direction, the printing apparatus having a print head and a plurality of apparatus-side electrical contact members, the printing material container comprising:
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an ink supply opening, having an exit, adapted to supply ink from the ink cartridge to the printing apparatus; a low voltage electronic device adapted to receive and function with a low voltage, the low voltage electronic device comprising a memory device; a high voltage electronic device adapted to receive and function with a high voltage, which is a higher voltage than the low voltage of the low voltage electronic device; and a plurality of container-side terminals having contact portions adapted and positioned to contact corresponding apparatus-side contact forming members so that electrical communication is enabled between the container and the printing apparatus, the contact portions of the terminals including a plurality of low voltage electronic device contact portions electrically coupled to the low voltage electronic device, and a first high voltage electronic device contact portion and a second high voltage electronic device contact portion, each electrically coupled to the high voltage electronic device, wherein; the contact portions are arranged in a first row of contact portions and in a second row of contact portions, the first row of contact portions and the second row of contact portions extending in a row direction which is generally orthogonal to the insertion direction, the first row of contact portions is disposed at a location that is further in the insertion direction than the second row of contact portions, and, the first row of contact portions has a first end position and a second end position at opposite ends thereof, the first high voltage electronic device contact portion is disposed at the first end position of the first row of contact portions and the second high voltage electronic device contact portion is disposed at the second end position of the first row of contact portions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 59, 60)
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18. A printing material container for mounting in a printing apparatus having a print head and a plurality of apparatus-side contact forming members, the printing material container comprising:
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an ink supply opening, having an exit, adapted to supply ink from the ink cartridge to the printing apparatus; a low voltage electronic device constructed to receive and function with a low voltage; a high voltage electronic device constructed to receive and function with a high voltage, which is a higher voltage than the low voltage; and a plurality of terminals having contact portions adapted to contact corresponding apparatus-side contact forming members so that electrical communication is enabled with the printing apparatus when the printing material container is mounted on the printing apparatus, the contact portions of the terminals including a plurality of low voltage electronic device contact portions electrically coupled to the low voltage electronic device, a first high voltage electronic device contact portion electrically coupled to the high voltage electronic device, and a second high voltage electronic device contact portion electrically coupled to the high voltage electronic device and arranged to have applied thereto a higher voltage than the low voltage electronic device contact portions, wherein; the contact portions are arranged in a first row of contact portions and in a second row of contact portions, such that when the plurality of terminals is viewed from the vantage of the apparatus-side contact forming members, with the plurality of terminals oriented as if in contact with the apparatus-side contact forming members so that electrical communication is enabled with the ink jet printing apparatus, and with the exit of the ink supply opening facing downward, the first row of contact portions and the second row of contact portions extend in a row direction which is generally horizontal and the first row of contact portions is disposed at a location below the second row of contact portions, and the first high voltage electronic device contact portion is disposed at one end of the first row of contact portions and the second high voltage electronic device contact portion is disposed at the opposite end of the first row of contact portions. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 61, 62)
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