Ink container for ink jet printer

摘要

A replaceable ink container for an ink jet printer, said printer having, a replaceable ink container holder including a front side, a bottom side and a rear side which constitute a space in which said replaceable ink container is mountable, said ink container holder further including an ink jet print head and an ink receiving opening and being mountable to a carriage of the ink jet printer, said replaceable ink container comprising: a container body formed by a front wall, a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and two side walls; said bottom wall having an ink supply outlet in said bottom wall adjacent to said front wall, for supplying liquid ink to the ink receiving opening of the container holder; an integral elastic projection extending beyond an outside of said rear side and having an outer part for slidable elastic contact to an inner side of the holder to receive an upward force by which said integral projection elastically deforms; a latching portion for being latched by said holder against the upward force so that said container is set in place in said container holder with said ink supply outlet being urged downwardly, wherein said integral projection is effective to raise said rear side by the upward force upon release of said latching portion from said container holder to facilitate removal of said ink container from the holder.