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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2004
Akira Tsujimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Junji Shimoda, Chigasaki, JP;
Kiyomitsu Kudo, Machida, JP;
Satoshi Kudo, Yokohama, JP;
Toru Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Tsujimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Junji Shimoda, Chigasaki, JP;
Kiyomitsu Kudo, Machida, JP;
Satoshi Kudo, Yokohama, JP;
Toru Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink cartridge which is detachably mountable to a liquid ejection type recording device including a liquid ejecting head for ejecting liquid onto a recording material while scanning the recording material in a direction crossing with a feeding direction of the recording material, and a recovery unit for sucking the liquid through a nozzle of the liquid ejecting head. The ink cartridge includes a receiving portion for receiving the liquid discharged from the liquid ejecting head by the recovery unit; a liquid containing portion for accommodating the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejecting head; and a connecting portion for connecting the receiving portion and the suction recovery unit, wherein the connecting portion is disposed at a position upstream of a front end surface portion of the ink cartridge with respect to an inserting direction in which the ink cartridge is inserted into the liquid ejection type recording device.