Patent ID: 9061508
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: B41J,G03G

Abstract:
1. A recording material supply system installable in a recording material-consuming apparatus having a plurality of electrical contact members, the recording material supply system comprising: a recording material receptacle for containing a recording material, the recording material receptacle having a recording material delivery port; a memory device; a plurality of first terminals used for connection to the memory device; and two second terminals used for detecting whether the recording material delivery system is installed in the recording material-consuming apparatus, wherein the plurality of first terminals includes a power supply terminal for receiving a power supply potential that differs from a ground potential of the recording material-consuming apparatus, the plurality of first terminals and the two second terminals each includes a contact portion that, when the recording material supply system is in an installed state wherein the recording material supply system is installed in the recording material-consuming apparatus, contacts a corresponding one of the electrical contact members of the recording material-consuming apparatus, the contact portions of the plurality of first terminals and the contact portions of the two second terminals are arranged in a plurality of lines, the two contact portions of the two second terminals being situated in a first line of the plurality of lines, and the contact portion of the power terminal is situated between the two contact portions of the two second terminals in the first line, the recording material delivery port includes an opening, and the first line is the closest of the plurality of lines to the opening.