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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hirofumi Ota, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Inomata, Yokohama, JP;
Katsumi Eda, Hino, JP;
Hiroki Hayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17523 (2013.01); B41J 2/17536 (2013.01);
Abstract
A seal member configured to seal a supply port for supplying ink contained in an ink tank to an outside of the ink tank is provided. The seal member includes a first area corresponding to the supply port and an ink absorbing member disposed in a second area located outside the first area.