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Ink container for ink jet printer, holder for the container carriage for the holder and ink jet printer

US6336709B1 · kind B1 · utility

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21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 13, 1998
Grant dateJan 8, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 13, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/1755
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, inclues an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; an air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a first side of the ink container; a latching lever provided on a second side opposite from the ink container, the latching lever being resiliently supported on the ink container and having a latching claw.

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