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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1998
Hiroyuki Inoue, Yokohama, JP;
Sadayuki Sugama, Tsukuba, JP;
Soichi Hiramatsu, Hachiohji, JP;
Hideki Yamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihiko Ujita, Yokohama, JP;
Akihiro Yamanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Nojima, Mitaka, JP;
Yasuo Kotaki, Machida, JP;
Keiichiro Tsukuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Hitoshi Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Kida, Yokohama, JP;
Hideaki Kawakami, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Iwasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink container for containing ink to be supplied to an ink jet head to which the ink container is detachably mountable, inclues an ink supply port for supplying the ink to the ink jet head; a air vent for fluid communication with ambience; a claw-like projection provided on a first side of the ink container; a latching lever provided on a second side opposite from the ink container, the latching lever being resiliently supported on the ink container and having a latching claw.