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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Satoshi Shinada, Nagano, JP;
Minoru Usui, Nagano, JP;
Yoshio Miyazawa, Nagano, JP;
Norihiko Kurashima, Nagano, JP;
Takao Kobayashi, Nagano, JP;
Munehide Kanaya, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 93 ;
Abstract
A filter chamber having a portion inclined in relation to the horizontal direction is formed between an ink supply channel having one end communicating with an ink cartridge and a throughhole communicating with an ink-jet recording head, and a filter plate is placed in the filter chamber so as to diagonally traverse it, so that ink is allowed to pass through the whole surface of the filter plate.