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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2005
Hideki Ogura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoji Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoichi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shogo Kawamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Satoshi Oikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Ogura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoji Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoichi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shogo Kawamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Satoshi Oikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabsuhiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to provide a liquid supplying apparatus which enables a liquid housing container to be appropriately and smoothly attached to and detached from a print head. Thus, the present invention includes a liquid supplying tube projected from the print head and having a liquid introducing port which is in communication with the print head, a seal member rotatably movably held on the liquid supplying tube, the seal member being movable from a position at which the liquid introducing port is closed to a position at which the liquid introducing port is opened, a housing container main body in which the liquid is housed, the housing container main body having a liquid supplying port into and from which the liquid supplying tube can be inserted and removed, and a movable member which rotatably moves the seal member.