Tintenbehälter und System

Details

Veröffentlichungs-Nr.

EP4556242

Aktenzeichen

EP23209675

Anmeldetag

14. November 2023

Veröffentlichung

5. November 2025

Erteilung

5. November 2025

Rechtsraum

EP

IPC

B41J2/175

Abstract

An ink container (30) is insertable into an attachment space (108) of an attachment portion (101) in a frontward direction in a front-rear direction. The ink container (30) comprises a chamber (46) configured to store ink; a supply portion (33) that includes a supply port(34) defining a front end portion thereof facing frontward and is configured to be connected to a supply tube (102) of the attachment portion (101); a valve (36) configured to open and close the supply port (34) and contact the supply tube (102) in an attached state in which the ink container (30) is attached to the attachment portion (101); an electrical interface (60) that includes a contact surface (61) that faces upward in an up-down direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction; and a protrusion (77) positioned upward and frontward of the supply port (34) and downward of the contact surface (61) of the electrical interface (60), the protrusion (77) protruding downward from the ink container (30). The protrusion (30) has a receiving surface (77L) configured to receive an upwardly directed biasing force in the attached state.

Anmelder

Firma

BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Land

🇯🇵 Japan

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