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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:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mitsuru Kurata, Kawasaki, JP;
Tokihide Ebata, Kawasaki, JP;
Noribumi Koitabashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hiromitsu Hirabayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoshi Sugimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Haruo Uchida, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 ;
Abstract
An ink jet head cartridge includes a recording head for ejecting ink; an ink container for containing the ink to be supplied to the recording head; an air venting opening for communication between the container and ambience to allow supply of the ink from the container to the recording head; wherein the air venting opening is constituted by an outside opening and an inside opening and a passage connecting them, the passage has a length larger than a thickness of the ink container.