Ink cartridge for ink jet recording apparatus, connection unit and ink jet recording apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsMinoru USUI, Hisashi MIYAZAWA
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Abstract
An ink cartridge for supplying the ink in an ink reserving chamber via an ink supply port into a recording head has a differential pressure valve mechanism disposed between an ink flow port and the ink supply port in the ink reserving chamber, whereby the ink is supplied an adequate amount to the recording head by opening or closing the differential pressure valve mechanism in accordance with an ink pressure of the recording head. As a result, it is possible to supply the ink at a substantially constant pressure to the recording head without regard to the variation in the amount of ink or the-movement of the carriage.
Claims5
An ink jet recording apparatus, comprising:
- a case for accommodating a printing mechanism and an ink cartridge, the case having a window on a front face of the case for insertion and extraction of the ink cartridge;
- and
- a lever pivotably supported at a fulcrum, the lever being configured and arranged to be accessible from the front face side;
- wherein when the lever is operated, a portion of the ink cartridge is pushed out through the window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.