Printing material cartridge, cartridge set and printing apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8807720
APP PUB NO 20120081478A1
SERIAL NO

13224207

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A printing apparatus includes a holder in which a cartridge set that is configured of N printing material cartridges is mounted and a mounting detection circuit for detecting a mounting state of the printing material cartridge inside the holder. Each of N printing material cartridges has a storage device for storing information regarding the contained printing material, an electric device for the mounting detection, storage device terminals and the electric device terminals. The electric device for N printing material cartridges is configured such that the detection current is predetermined threshold value current or more when N printing material cartridges are all mounted inside the holder.

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  • SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fujisawa, Kazuhito Minowa-machi, JP 13 66
Nakano, Shuichi Shiojiri, JP 47 371

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