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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2003
Hiroshi Koshikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shozo Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiichiro Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Kitabatake, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Koshikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shozo Hattori, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiichiro Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Kitabatake, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid container which is in detachably connectable to a supply tube which is in fluid communication with a liquid ejection recording head, the liquid container including a liquid accommodating portion for accommodating liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejection recording head and a supply port for permitting supply of the liquid to the recording head from the liquid accommodating portion by connection of the liquid container to the liquid ejection recording head, the liquid container includes a capillary force generating member for generating a capillary force to absorb the recording liquid deposited on the surface of the supply tube and in the supply port into a space, other than the liquid accommodating portion, in the liquid container; wherein a capillary force A generated in an absorption region for absorbing the recording liquid remaining in the supply port adjacent the supply port of the capillary force generating member and a capillary force B in a storing region for storing the recording liquid absorbed in the absorption region, satisfy A<B.