Printable liquid supply cartridges
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAnthony D. STUDER, David OLSEN
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Abstract
A printable liquid supply cartridge includes a printable liquid reservoir extending between a first side and a second side, and between a front end and a rear end. The front end includes a printable liquid outlet to receive a first fluid pen and a gas inlet, above the printable liquid outlet, to receive a second fluid pen. The front end also includes an interface support at the first side, the support having an I2C data interface that includes electrical connection pads exposed on an interior side of the support to face from the first side towards the second side, the electrical connection pads being arranged vertically and to make contact with the printer data interface at least partially inserted into the second portion.
Claims21
A printable liquid supply cartridge comprising:
- printable liquid reservoir;
- a front end;
- a rear end;
- a first side extending from the front end to the rear end;
- a second side extending from the front end to the rear end, the printable liquid reservoir extending between the first side and the second side, and between the front end and the rear end;
- wherein the front end includes:
- a first portion including:
- a printable liquid outlet to receive a first fluid pen;
- and
- a gas inlet, above the printable liquid outlet, to receive a second fluid pen;
- a second portion to receive a printer data interface, the second portion including an interface support at the first side, the support having an I2C data interface that includes electrical connection pads exposed on an interior side of the support to face from the first side towards the second side, the electrical connection pads being arranged vertically and to make contact with the printer data interface at least partially inserted into the second portion.
A printable liquid supply cartridge comprising:
- a printable liquid reservoir between opposite lateral sides of the cartridge;
- and
- interface components that are lined up vertically along a front of the cartridge to receive corresponding printer interface components, the printable liquid supply cartridge interface components including:
- a printable liquid outlet to receive a first fluid pen to deliver the printable liquid from the reservoir to a printer;
- a gas inlet to receive a second fluid pen, the gas inlet above the printable liquid outlet;
- a data connection space above the gas inlet, the data connection space including an open space at the front and top of the cartridge, above the gas inlet, to receive a printer data connector, the open space delimited, at an extreme lateral side of the cartridge, by an I2C data interface that includes electrical connection pads exposed thereon that face inwards toward an interior of the data connection space, the electrical connection pads arranged vertically, and the I2C data interface supported by a support wall or board that at the opposite side is part of a lateral exterior side of the cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.