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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2004
Kazumasa Harada, Nagano, JP;
Kazuhiro Hashii, Nagano, JP;
Atsuhiko Takeuchi, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed an ink cartridge capable of being removably held in an ink cartridge accommodation portion simply by pushing in the cartridge in an insertion direction. The ink cartridge () is mounted on a carriage () having a cartridge accommodation region. A one-push type fixing member () in a position facing a surface parallel to an insertion direction in which the cartridge is inserted into the cartridge accommodation region is engaged with a fixing protrusion () forming another one-push type fixing member and cooperating with the first-mentioned one-push type fixing member, so that the cartridge () is held in a predetermined position in a state in which the cartridge is resiliently urged by a spring () in a direction opposite to the insertion direction.