LATCH FOR AN INK CARTRIDGE

摘要

Apparatus for reciprocally moving one or more ink cartridges (16) through the printing station of an ink jet printer. A carriage having at least one open top compartment equipped with a latching mechanism which is arranged to urge the front face of the ink cartridge (16) into contact with the front wall of the compartment. The latching mechanism (55) includes a frame that is pivotally supported in the rear wall of the compartment so that it can move between a rearwardly canted position into an upright vertical position. A biasing member is pivotally supported in the frame (56) and contains a pair of spaced apart ramps (75). A spring rotates the biasing member within the frame so that the ramp rides in biasing contact with the back of an ink cartridge being inserted into the compartment as the frame is rotated from the canted position into the upright position.