Liquid jet recording apparatus

A liquid jet recording apparatus comprising:

• a first ink tank for storing an amount of ink;
• a second ink tank position at a level higher than said first ink tank, and connected to a feed tube in communication with said first ink tank, said second ink tank receives the ink from said first tank through the feed tube, said first ink tank and said second ink tank being closed containers;
• a recording head associated with said second ink tank for jetting the ink fed from said second ink tank;
• and
• a carriage connected to said second ink tank and said recording head for reciprocally moving said second ink tank and said recording head together, wherein at least a portion of the feed tube is moved along the reciprocal movement path of said second ink tank thereby producing pressure in said second ink tank to feed the ink to said second ink tank from said first ink tank.