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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Fumihiko Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Ono, Yokohama, JP;
Akio Okubo, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiko Ikeda, Sagamihara, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording unit cartridge includes as a unit: a recording head for ejecting ink to effect recording; an ink supply system for supplying the ink to the recording head; a capping member for covering an ink ejection side surface of the recording head; an ink collecting member for the ink discharged to recover the recording head and not used for recording; a cleaning member for cleaning the ink ejection side surface of the recording head; and a casing for containing as a unit the head system and members, wherein the unit cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of a recording apparatus.