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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1999
Hideaki Kawakami, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuo Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Junichi Asano, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsutomu Kawai, Yokohama, JP;
Shoji Kikuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Taniguro, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Inoue, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Koichi Tanno, Kawasaki, JP;
Haruyuki Yanagi, Machida, JP;
Takashi Nojima, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Kawarama, Ayase, JP;
Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Kawasaki, JP;
Masaya Shinmachi, Kawasaki, JP;
Tan At Ming, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A container for safekeeping an ink jet cartridge is provided with the main body of a container for storing an ink jet cartridge having a recording head unit, and an ink tank unit containing ink to be supplied to the recording head unit, a lid element for covering the inlet and outlet of the main body of the container for storing or removing the ink jet cartridge, an elastic cap member provided in the main body of the container for covering the recording head unit. This container for safekeeping an ink jet cartridge comprises a rib arranged on the inner wall surface of the lid element for exerting pressure on the recording head unit of the ink jet cartridge to press it to the elastic cap member; and a recess arranged on the inner wall surface of the main body of the container in a position corresponding to the location where the elastic cap member is arranged. In this way, it is possible to cap the recording head appropriately in the container to provide a highly reliable safekeeping of the ink jet cartridge, and at the same time, to store and safekeep the ink jet cartridges for monochromatic use and color uses exhangeably.