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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2005
Satoshi Shinada, Nagano-ken, JP;
Minoru Usui, Nagano-ken, JP;
Takahiro Naka, Nagano-ken, JP;
Hisashi Koike, Nagano-ken, JP;
Tomio Yokoyama, Nagano-ken, JP;
Yasuhiko Kamijo, Nagano-ken, JP;
Koichi Toba, Nagano-ken, JP;
Takeo Seino, Nagano-ken, JP;
Yasuhiro Ogura, Nagano-ken, JP;
Takayuki Aizawa, Nagano-ken, JP;
Satoshi Shinada, Nagano-ken, JP;
Minoru Usui, Nagano-ken, JP;
Takahiro Naka, Nagano-ken, JP;
Hisashi Koike, Nagano-ken, JP;
Tomio Yokoyama, Nagano-ken, JP;
Yasuhiko Kamijo, Nagano-ken, JP;
Koichi Toba, Nagano-ken, JP;
Takeo Seino, Nagano-ken, JP;
Yasuhiro Ogura, Nagano-ken, JP;
Takayuki Aizawa, Nagano-ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink cartridge comprising a container bodyhousing an ink absorbing member' so as to absorb ink, a lid member, and a spacerpressing the ink absorbing member′ between the lid memberand the ink absorbing member′. It is possible to decrease the volume of the ink absorbing member′ without changing structure in the vicinity of an ink supply port by using the same shape of a container bodyand a lid member