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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2004
Toru Suzuki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Junji Shimoda, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Akira Tsujimoto, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kiyomitsu Kudo, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Suzuki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Junji Shimoda, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Akira Tsujimoto, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kiyomitsu Kudo, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink cartridge which is detachably mountable to an ink cartridge mounting portion of a recording device, the recording device having an ink jet recording head which is provided with a head side connecting portion which functions upon intermittent ink filling, the ink cartridge being provided with a cartridge side connecting portion which is connectable with the head side connecting portion, and the ink cartridge being capable of containing ink to be supplied through the cartridge side connecting portion, the ink cartridge includes a power receiving portion, wherein an intermittent connection between the head side connecting portion and the cartridge side connecting portion is effected using rotation, the receiving portion being effective to receive power for the rotation; wherein the power receiving portion and the cartridge side connecting portion are disposed in a region adjacent one end portion of the ink cartridge.