Seiko Epson Corporation

Kiyoshi Kitahara

Takao Kobayashi

Hisashi Koike

Masahide Matsuyama

Yuichi Nakamura

Morio Sato

Kazunori Ito

Taeko Nishimura

Tadatoshi Honzawa

Seiichi Takada

Masakazu Sato

Kazuo Yamada

Masahiko Fukazawa

Shinichi Yanagisawa

Takashi Hara

A method of manufacturing an ink cartridge for use in an ink jet recorder including positioning a container body having a bottom wall and an opening on a pallet such that the bottom wall faces upward, the container body including a porous member, a foam chamber for accommodating the porous member therein, and an ink supply port, having an inlet formed in the bottom surface of the foam chamber and an outlet; inserting packing into the ink supply port; sealing the ink supply port outlet; resetting the container body on the pallet by turning the container body upside down such that the opening faces upward; affixing a filter to the ink supply port inlet; inserting the porous member into the foam chamber; bonding a cover to the opening of the container body; injecting ink into the foam chamber; and sealing the cover.

Method of manufacturing an ink cartridge for use in ink-jet recorder

Method of manufacturing an ink cartridge for use in ink jet recorder

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Nagano, Japan

Kiyoshi Kitahara