Accommodation device for ink cartridge
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroyasu Yano
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Abstract
An ink-cartridge accommodation device including: a case which has a front opening and which accommodates an ink cartridge storing ink so as to permit the ink cartridge to be inserted into and withdrawn from the case through the front opening; and a connector which is disposed in a rear portion of the case so as to be opposed to the front opening, which is to be connected to an ink supply portion of the ink cartridge, and which includes (a) an ink introducing pipe portion projecting toward the front opening, (b) a guide rib portion provided around the ink introducing pipe portion so as to project toward the front opening for guiding the ink supply portion, and (c) a drain hole provided between the ink introducing pipe portion and the guide rib portion to drain the ink.
Claims17
An ink-cartridge accommodation device comprising;
- a case which has a front opening and which accommodates an ink cartridge storing ink so as to permit the ink cartridge to be inserted into and withdrawn from the case through the front opening;
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- a connector which is disposed in a rear portion of the case so as to be opposed to the front opening, which is to be connected to an ink supply portion of the ink cartridge, and which includes (a) an ink introducing pipe portion projecting toward the front opening, (b) a guide rib portion provided around the ink introducing pipe portion so as to project toward the front opening for guiding the ink supply portion, and (c) a drain hole provided between the ink introducing pipe portion and the guide rib portion to drain the ink.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.