Ink jet carrier with flexible electrical cable for connection to a printing apparatus
AssigneeBrother International Corporation
InventorEugene Buican
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Abstract
An ink cartridge carrier for an ink ejection printing apparatus that provides for positively attaching a flexible cable between the control unit and the ink cartridge carrier. The ink cartridge carrier has an integral construction with slots provided on either side of the front frame section for feeding an end of the flexible cable therethrough and engaging the end of the flexible cable. When the flexible cable is so engaged, contacts found on the flexible cable are properly positioned to contact contacts on a mounted ink cartridge.
Claims21
A cable connection for use in an ink jet printer, comprising:
- an ink cartridge carrier of one piece construction having at least a first section, a second section, a cable mounting section extending between said first section and said second section and a base section to form a substantially box shaped structure with two open sides;
- a first wing extending from said first section and a second wing extending from said second section in a direction away from and parallel to said cable mounting section;
- a first slot positioned between said first wing and said cable mounting section at an intersection where said cable mounting section and said first section are joined and a second slot positioned between said second wing and said cable mounting section at an intersection where said cable mounting section and said second section are joined;
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- means for mounting a cable to said ink cartridge carrier.
A cable connection for a movable print mechanism in an ink jet printer, comprising:
- a flexible cable having a connection end having at least one hole and a contact portion, said flexible cable being connected to a print carriage of one piece construction having a first slot and a second slot;
- a contact pressure pad mounted to a surface of said print carriage between said first and second slots;
- and a plurality of pins on said print carriage,
- wherein said connection end of said flexible cable is detachably mounted to at least one pin of said plurality of pins on said print carriage to position said contact portion of said flexible cable opposite to a contact side of an ink cartridge mounted to said print carriage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.