摘要 |
An ink bottle set-up device having a bottle set-up body 2 formed with a bottle set-up chamber 3 and a projection-guide recess formed along a direction in which an ink bottle 100 having a positioning projection 103 is inserted. An ink bottle erroneous set-up prevention mechanism 6 is located on the bottle set-up body and comprises a detecting lever 9 moveable in protruding or retracting positions and urged toward the protruding position, a slide member 12 slidable in bottle inserting or bottle discharging directions for selectively allowing the ink bottle to be inserted through the bottle set-up chamber when the positioning projection in alignment with the projection-guide recess is detected by the detecting lever, and a bottle stopper segment 14 secured to the slide member 12 and protruding into the bottle set-up chamber 3.
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