US 12,434,481 B2
Attachment and printing system
Shun Oya, Kiso-machi (JP); Yoshihiro Koizumi, Shiojiri (JP); Tadahiro Mizutani, Shiojiri (JP); and Takumi Nagashima, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/529,220.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-194680 (JP), filed on Dec. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0184240 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/1752 (2013.01) 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An attachment that is detachably mounted to a cartridge mounting unit of a printing apparatus, the cartridge mounting unit including a liquid introduction portion that receives a liquid, and a restricting mechanism that restricts a rotation movement of an incompatible cartridge in a rotation mounting direction to be mounted by interfering with the incompatible cartridge, the attachment comprising:
a release portion that releases restriction by the restricting mechanism by pushing a part of the restricting mechanism in a pre-determined insertion direction; and
a maintaining portion that maintains a mounted state of the attachment in cooperation with the cartridge mounting unit.