Patent ID: 8979251
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B41J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An ink cartridge for an inkjet printer, the ink cartridge comprising: a bottom face and a front face; interfaces on the front face of the ink cartridge for connection to a cartridge receiving structure, the interfaces including an ink interface; a guide interface in the bottom face comprising a cut out for receiving a guide rail of the cartridge receiving structure between opposite sides of the cut out for guiding the cartridge along a straight line for connecting the interfaces; and a latch stop and a latch track disposed in the bottom face of the ink cartridge to guide and retain, respectively, a latch of the cartridge receiving structure; wherein the latch track comprises a locking track and an unlocking track to accommodate movement of the latch with respect to the latch stop, the locking track being at least partly separate from the unlocking track, the movement of the latch being