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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1996
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink tank for storing ink supplied to an ink jet recording head includes an ink tank body, an ink absorbing member inserted in the ink tank body in a compressed state, an atmosphere communicating port for communicating an inner space of the ink tank body with the atmosphere, and an ink supply port coupled to the ink jet recording head and serving as an ink supply port. A corner of the ink absorbing member which would be located near the atmosphere communicating port is cut out, a portion of the ink absorbing member around the cutout area is partly released in a degree of compression as compared with the other portion thereof under the state where the ink absorbing member is inserted in the ink tank body in a compressed state, and a space area is formed between the cutout area of the ink absorbing member and the atmosphere communicating port. The ink absorbing member is prevented from entering a buffer chamber, the ink impregnated in the ink absorbing member is uniformly supplied to the recording head, and the ink is prevented from leaking to the outside even if the cartridge is subjected to a thermal impact or a pressure reduced state.