Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Liquid cartridge having pivotable lever provided with light-blocking portion
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Application No.: US17751760Application Date: 2022-05-24
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Publication No.: US11890875B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: Hiroaki Takahashi , Takahiro Miyao , Akihito Ono , Tetsuro Kobayashi , Fumio Nakazawa , Kosuke Nukui
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JP 17189579 2017.09.29
- Main IPC: B41J2/175
- IPC: B41J2/175

Abstract:
A liquid cartridge configured to be inserted into a cartridge-attachment section in an insertion direction includes a casing, and a lever supported by the casing. The lever is pivotable about a pivot axis between a first position and a second position. The lever includes a light-blocking portion configured to block or attenuate light traveling in a widthwise direction crossing the insertion direction and a gravitational direction, and a force-receiving portion positioned closer to a front wall of the casing than the light-blocking portion is to the front wall in the insertion direction. The light-blocking portion is positioned lower at the second position than at the first position. The pivot axis is positioned frontward of the light-blocking portion and rearward of the force-receiving portion in the insertion direction. The lever pivots from the second position to the first position upon application of an external force to the force-receiving portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220332121A1 LIQUID CARTRIDGE HAVING PIVOTABLE LEVER PROVIDED WITH LIGHT-BLOCKING PORTION Public/Granted day:2022-10-20
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