| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ink cartridge in which work for sticking a sealing material for sealing an ink supply opening and a hole communicating with the atmosphere can be facilitated and the sealing material can be stripped readily at the time of fixing a cartridge to a recording head. SOLUTION: An ink cartridge 1 comprises a case 2 sectioned into a first chamber 9 and a second chamber 10 for containing ink being supplied to a recording head 72, and a passage 11 communicating with the atmosphere. The passage 11 is formed from one end to the other end of the case 2 along one side face thereof. A passage 16 for interconnecting the first chamber 9 and the second chamber 10 with one end of the passage 11 is formed at one end of the case 2. An opening 17 communicating with the first chamber 9 and the second chamber 10 and supplying ink to the recording head 72, and a hole 18 communicating with the other end of the passage 11 and the atmosphere are made in the same plane at the other end of the case 2. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO |
