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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 86 ;
Abstract
In an ink cartridge, a holding section, containing a holding member for holding ink, is provided in the cartridge body; a supply port, for supplying the ink held in the holding member to the outside, and a cover member, for opening and closing the supply port, are provided in the holding section; and the cover member is urged by the holding member to close the supply port. Further, in an ink supplying apparatus, a guide pipe is provided in its apparatus body, and the guide pipe is inserted into the supply port to press the cover member into the holding section to open the supply port.