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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2003
Applicants:
Masakazu Muranaka, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Hiruma, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Masakazu Muranaka, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Hiruma, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ink cartridge includes an ink containing part and first through third housings. The ink containing part includes a holding member with an ink supply opening part and a sealed ink filling opening part. The first housing includes a holding part holding the holding member of the ink containing part. The second housing has an outline analogous to that of the first housing. The third housing is fitted to the side of the assembly of the first and second housings from which side ink is supplied. The first, second, and third housings are assemblable and disassemblable.