| US 7,562,953 B2 | ||
| Recording liquid container, ink jet recording apparatus, and cartridge collecting apparatus | ||
| Nobuyuki Hatasa, Kanagawa (Japan); Hajime Yamamoto, Tokyo (Japan); and Eiichiro Shimizu, Hong Kong (China) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 21, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/723,558. | ||
| Application 11/723558 is a division of application No. 11/147165, filed on Jun. 08, 2005, granted, now 7,252,376. | ||
| Application 11/147165 is a division of application No. 10/410285, filed on Apr. 10, 2003, granted, now 7,128,380. | ||
| Application 10/410285 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/407266, filed on Apr. 07, 2003, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2002-107763 (JP), filed on Apr. 10, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0182794 A1, Aug. 09, 2007 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. B41J 2/195 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 347—7 [347/50; 347/86] | 5 Claims |
| 1. A cartridge collecting apparatus for collecting an ink cartridge, comprising:
collecting means for receiving an ink cartridge which includes an information memory medium storing predetermined information;
wireless sending means capable of wireless sending of a predetermined information in said information memory medium within
a predetermined range; a wireless communication antenna for wirelessly sending radio wave; and communication property changing
means for changing a communication property of the wireless sending; and
wherein said communication property changing means makes the sendable range of said wireless sending smaller when said cartridge
is mounted to a recording device than when said cartridge is in a transportation stage before said cartridge is mounted to
said recording device, and
wireless communicating means for wireless communication with the antenna, said wireless communicating means being disposed
within a sendable range of the wireless sending when the ink cartridge is disposable.
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