Patent ID: 7156490
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A device for securing an inkjet cartridge, said device having a laterally extending member and an upright member, said upright member adapted to receive a stem from a gasket there through, said stem at one end connecting to a mat of said gasket, a first side of said mat being pressed against an inside face of said upright member, a fluid transmission circuit defined by both a conduit, said conduit being defied by said stem and a portion of said mat along with an aperture defined within said mat, said device further comprising a releasable latching mechanism at a distal end of said laterally extending member, said latching mechanism serving to lock down an outer end of an inkjet cartridge, the improvement in said device comprising: an overhang portion on said upright member, said overhang portion having an underside surface which engages an upper surface of a mat, and said downwardly depending portion also having a inside surface for engaging a surface on a second side of said mat proximate an upper portion of said mat, said downwardly depending portion being adapted such that said upper portion of said mat is able to be folded under and inserted into said a secured position inside said downwardly depending portion; and said overhang portion having said downwardly depending portion with a bottom surface which engages an outcropped portion of said cartridge from above to hold down said outcropped portion.