Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Hirokazu Kohda

Yoshio Kanayama

An ink reservoir of an ink jet printer which comprises an ink tank having an ink outlet storing ink and feeding the stored ink to a nozzle (13) and a vent hole for circulating air between an external atmosphere and an internal space, an outlet opening/closing means movably provided for being able to open and close the ink outlet; vent hole opening/closing means (56) and (57) movably provided for being able to open/close the vent hole, and operation transferring means for mechanically transferring movement of the outlet opening/closing means to the vent hole opening/closing means so as to interlock the operation of the outlet opening/closing means with the operation of the vent hole opening/closing means. When the outlet opening/closing means performs its operation, the operation is transferred by the operation transferring means to open/close the vent hole opening/closing means.

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Gose, Japan

Hirokazu Kohda