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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2007
Applicant:
Hiroaki Yazawa, Nagoya, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroaki Yazawa, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/015 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The ink tank includes an ink chamber and a cleaning solvent chamber. Ink is stored in the ink chamber. Cleaning solvent is stored in the cleaning solvent chamber. Mounting portions are provided on the bottom surface side of the ink tank. One of the mounting portions is provided corresponding to the ink chamber, and the other mounting portion is provided corresponding to the cleaning solvent chamber. The ink tank is mounted to a scanning carriage by the mounting portions being fitted into a holding unit of the scanning carriage. Deriving ports may be formed on the bottom surfaces of recesses of the mounting portions.