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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. 31, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 ; B41J 2/19 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 ; B41J 2/19 ;
Abstract
An ink cartridge ( ) including an ink reservoir portion having a porous member ( ) for storing ink and an ink supply portion ( ) has an ink inducing element ( ) disposed between the ink reservoir portion and the ink supply portion ( ). The ink inducing element ( ) is made of bundle of fibers in which each fiber is disposed in parallel to the direction of ink supplying from the ink reservoir to the ink supply portion ( ), and one end of the ink inducing element ( ) is press-touched to the porous member ( ).