Patent ID: 9028054
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: B41J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An ink cartridge for an inkjet printer, the ink cartridge comprising: a bottom face and a front face; an ink interface on the front face of the ink cartridge for connection to a cartridge receiving structure; 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 during insertion into the cartridge receiving structure for connecting the ink interface; a latch track disposed in the bottom face of the ink cartridge to guide a latch of the cartridge receiving structure; a latch stop disposed in the latch track for engaging the latch; 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; and a latch guide for redirecting the latch towards the locking track, rather than the unlocking track.