INK CARTRIDGE AND PRINTING DEVICE Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC B41J2/00 

FIELD: printing.

SUBSTANCE: ink cartridge includes the ink supply port formed at a location shifted to one side of the wall forming the container body; the positioning protruding part formed on one wall outside the two opposite walls, adjacent to the wall. Moreover, the position of the upper surface and the side part of the protruding part is adjustable, when the cartridge is installed in the printing device. The lever formed on the other wall outside the two walls in the normal position is tilted outwards and has a protrusion, which is forcibly displaced outwards, when the cartridge is installed in the printing device. The electrodes connected to the storage device that stores information about the ink contained in the ink container, are formed on the positioning protruding part.

EFFECT: simplified position adjustment of the electrode group and a decrease of the storage size of the cartridges in an inkjet recording device.

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