US 11,919,315 B2
Cartridge
Tadahiro Mizutani, Shiojiri (JP); Yoshihiro Koizumi, Shiojiri (JP); Shun Oya, Kiso-machi (JP); and Takumi Nagashima, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/703,349.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-049535 (JP), filed on Mar. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305798 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17513 (2013.01) [B41J 2/17523 (2013.01); B41J 2/17536 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cartridge that is detachably mounted in a printing apparatus including a liquid introduction portion, the cartridge comprising:
a liquid containing portion containing a liquid;
a liquid supply portion coupled to the liquid introduction portion and supplying the liquid to the printing apparatus;
an arrangement portion having the liquid supply portion arranged inside thereof and having a bottom wall in which an opening portion through which the liquid introduction portion is inserted is formed; and
a film peelably attached to the arrangement portion while covering the opening portion, wherein
the arrangement portion further has a mounting element cooperating with the printing apparatus in at least one of a mounting process which is a process for mounting the cartridge in the printing apparatus and a mounted state in which the cartridge is mounted in the printing apparatus,
the mounting element includes a cartridge-side identification member with at least one or more ribs, each rib being at a respective position on the mounting element,
the cartridge-side identification member has a pattern shape corresponding to a number of the one or more ribs and the position of each rib on the mounting element, the pattern shape indicating a color of the liquid based on the number of the one or more ribs and the position of each rib on the mounting element, and
the film is arranged at a position where the film is interposed between the printing apparatus and the mounting element when the mounting process is performed in a state in which the film is attached to the arrangement portion.