Recording liquid container, ink jet recording apparatus, and cartirdge collecting apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNobuyuki Hatasa, Hajime Yamamoto, Eiichiro Shimizu
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Abstract
A recording liquid container for containing liquid for recording to be supplied to recording means, said recording liquid container being detachably mountable to a mounting portion of a recording device, said recording liquid container includes an information memory medium storing predetermined information; wireless sending means capable of wireless sending of a predetermined information in said information memory medium within a predetermined range; a wireless communication antenna for wirelessly sending radio wave; and communication property changing means for changing a communication property of the wireless sending.
Claims6
-24. (canceled)
A cartridge collecting apparatus for collecting an ink cartridge, comprising:
- collecting means for receiving an ink cartridge which includes an information memory medium storing predetermined information;
- wireless sending means capable of wireless sending of a predetermined information in said information memory medium within a predetermined range;
- a wireless communication antenna for wirelessly sending radio wave;
- and communication property changing means for changing a communication property of the wireless sending;
- and
- wireless communicating means for wireless communication with the antenna, said wireless communicating means being disposed within a sendable range of the wireless sending when the ink cartridge is disposable.
A process cartridge detachably mountable to a mounting portion of a process cartridge mounting portion of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, said process cartridge comprising:
- an information memory medium storing predetermined information;
- wireless sending means capable of wireless sending of predetermined information in said information memory medium within a predetermined range;
- a wireless communication antenna for wirelessly sending radio wave;
- and
- communication property changing means for changing a communication property of the wireless sending.
A developer container detachably mountable to a mounting portion of a developer container mounting portion of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, said developer container comprising:
- an information memory medium storing predetermined information;
- wireless sending means capable of wireless sending of predetermined information in said information memory medium within a predetermined range;
- a wireless communication antenna for wirelessly sending radio wave;
- and
- communication property changing means for changing a communication property of the wireless sending.
A developer container detachably mountable to a mounting portion of a developer container mounting portion of a process cartridge which is in turn detachably mountable to a mounting portion of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, said developer container comprising:
- an information memory medium storing predetermined information;
- wireless sending means capable of wireless sending of predetermined information in said information memory medium within a predetermined range;
- a wireless communication antenna for wirelessly sending radio wave;
- and
- communication property changing means for changing a communication property of the wireless sending.
A developing device detachably mountable to a developing device mounting portion of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, said developing device comprising:
- an information memory medium storing predetermined information;
- wireless sending means capable of wireless sending of predetermined information in said information memory medium within a predetermined range;
- a wireless communication antenna for wirelessly sending radio wave;
- and
- communication property changing means for changing a communication property of the wireless sending.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.