Claims
- 1. A disposable ink supply bag, and a fitting attached to said bag which has an ink egress snout for discharging an ink supply from said bag, are characterized in that:said fitting has a pair of opposite longitudinal sides sealed to said bag and has a longitudinal planar face between said sides; said snout projects from said planar face; and at least two engageable members project from said planar face, each spaced from said spout, and are configured to engage with a housing for said bag to permit said bag to be connected to the housing when an ink supply is to be discharged from said snout and to disengage from the housing to permit said bag to be disconnected from the housing in order to remove said bag when emptied.
- 2. A disposable ink supply bag and a fitting as recited in claim 1, wherein said sides of said fitting each have parallel ribs that permit an amount of melted material from said bag to flow between said ribs to seal said fitting to said bag.
- 3. A disposable ink supply bag and a fitting as recited in claim 1, wherein said snout has a number of identical outer peripheral facets that project perpendicularly from said planar face of said fitting, and a collar has a center opening that is circumscribed by a number of inner identical peripheral facets that allow said collar to be mated with said snout in a number of different orientations one of which serves as a visible indication to identify the ink supply in said bag.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Reference is made to commonly assigned, copending applications Ser. No. 09/931,523, entitled INK CARTRIDGE WITH COLOR DISCRIMINATION STRUCTURE and filed Aug. 16, 2001 in the names of Trafton, Newkirk, and Robinson; Ser. No. 09/931,420, entitled INK CARTRIDGE WITH ALIGNMENT FEATURES AND METHOD OF INSERTING CARTRIDGE INTO A PRINTER RECEPTACLE and filed Aug. 16, 2001 in the names of Trafton, Newkirk, Robinson, and Gotham; Ser. No. 09/931,521, entitled INK CARTRIDGE WITH MEMORY CHIP AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING and filed Aug. 16, 2001 in the names of Trafton, Newkirk, and Robinson; and Ser. No. 09/931,313, entitled INK CARTRIDGE WITH INTERNAL INK BAG AND METHOD OF FILLING and filed Aug. 16, 2001 in the names of Trafton, Farnung, and Petranek.
Reference is also made to commonly assigned, application Ser. No. 10/198,517, entitled INK CARTRIDGE HAVING CONNECTABLE-DISCONNECTABLE HOUSING AND INK SUPPLY BAG and filed Jul. 18, 2002 in the names of Perkins, Corby, Dietl, and Petranek.
All of the cross-referenced applications are incorporated into this application.
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