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US 2012/0268534 A1Published application
Latch for a liquid dispenser
OwnerArturo Garcia Gômez, Eduardo Martin +4inventors
InventorsArturo Garcia Gômez, Eduardo Martin, Pau Martin, Ralph Stathem, Raymond Ehlers, Daniel W. Petersen
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for installing an ink cartridge includes: seating the ink cartridge in the carriage; holding the ink cartridge in the seated position; and while holding the ink cartridge in the seated position, connecting the ink cartridge to an ink supply port.
Claims11
A latch for securing a liquid dispensing component in a holder, the latch comprising:
- a first lever operatively connected to a contact surface, the first lever movable between an open position in which the component may be installed in or removed from the holder and a closed position in which the contact surface contacts the component to hold the component in a seated position in the holder;
- a liquid supply port;
- and
- a second lever operatively connected to the liquid supply port and movable independent of the first lever, the second lever movable, while the first lever is in the closed position, between a disconnected position in which the component is not connected to the liquid supply port and a connected position in which the component is connected to the liquid supply port.
1 more element
A method for installing an ink cartridge in a carriage, comprising:
- seating the ink cartridge in the carriage;
- holding the ink cartridge in the seated position;
- and
- while holding the ink cartridge in the seated position, connecting the ink cartridge to an ink supply port.
1 more element
A latch for securing an ink cartridge in an inkjet printer carriage, the latch comprising:
- a first lever operatively connected to a contact surface, the first lever movable between an open position in which the ink cartridge may be installed in or removed from the carriage and a closed position in which the contact surface contacts the ink cartridge to hold the ink cartridge in a seated position in the carriage;
- an ink supply port;
- and
- a second lever operatively connected to the ink supply port and movable independent of the first lever, the second lever movable, while the first lever is in the closed position, between a disconnected position in which the ink cartridge is not connected to the ink supply port and a connected position in which the ink cartridge component is connected to the ink supply port.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.