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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2009
Tadashi Hayakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shotaro Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiroh Tokuno, Tokyo, JP;
Tomomi Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Kusunoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Akiko Bannai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Kuwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikoh Soh, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Hayakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shotaro Takeuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiroh Tokuno, Tokyo, JP;
Tomomi Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Kusunoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Akiko Bannai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Kuwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikoh Soh, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink cartridge attachable to and detachable from an imaging apparatus, and including an ink accommodating unit; and a cartridge casing having an opening, whereby the ink accommodating unit includes: an ink accommodating body; and an ink supplying portion including a nozzle insertion path and connected to the ink accommodating body, whereby the ink supplying portion is held by the cartridge casing so that the ink supplying portion is rotatable between a position where the nozzle insertion path faces the opening and a position where the nozzle insertion path faces an inner wall surface of the cartridge casing, and when the ink cartridge is attached to the imaging apparatus the ink supplying portion is rotated to direct the nozzle insertion path toward the opening, and when the ink cartridge is detached the ink supplying portion is rotated to direct the nozzle insertion path toward the inner wall surface.