Patent ID: 11884077
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. A printing-fluid cartridge configured to be inserted into a printing-fluid consuming apparatus, the printing-fluid cartridge comprising:
a storage chamber configured to store printing fluid therein;
a supply portion extending in a frontward direction and configured to supply the printing fluid from the storage chamber in the frontward direction, the supply portion having a supply port facing in the frontward direction;
an upper surface positioned upward relative to the storage chamber in an upward direction perpendicular to the frontward direction;
a substrate disposed at the upper surface, the substrate being provided with at least one electrical interface, the at least one electrical interface being positioned rearward relative to the supply port of the supply portion in the frontward direction; and
a locking surface positioned upward relative to the storage chamber in the upward direction and facing rearward in the frontward direction,
wherein the upper surface includes a first contact portion and a second contact portion configured to contact the printing-fluid consuming apparatus when the printing-fluid cartridge is inserted in the printing-fluid consuming apparatus,
wherein the first contact portion and the second contact portion are in a spaced apart relationship and aligned with each other in a widthwise direction perpendicular to the frontward direction and the upward direction, the first and second contact portions being positioned rearward relative to the supply port of the supply portion and rearward relative to the at least one electrical interface in the frontward direction, the first and second contact portions facing upward in the upward direction,
wherein the locking surface has an upper end in the upward direction, and
wherein the first and second contact portions are positioned lower than the upper end of the locking surface in the upward direction.