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US 5,667,063 AGranted
Container for recording head
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTsutomu Abe
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Abstract
A container for containing at least an ink jet head cartridge, including a main body, having an opening, for containing an article including at least the recording head cartridge; a covering member for covering the opening; and an ink retaining portion in the main body for retaining, using capillary force, ink or another liquid leaked out of the article.
Claims9
A container for containing at least an ink jet head cartridge, said ink jet head cartridge having a plurality of sealed ink ejection outlets and an unsealed member defining an ink supply port, said container comprising:
- a main body, having an opening, for containing an article including at least the ink jet head cartridge, said main body including a first supporting portion for supporting said ink jet head cartridge so as to prevent contact between said main body and the ejection outlet of said ink jet head cartridge, and a second supporting portion for supporting said unsealed member;
- a covering member for covering the opening;
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- an ink retaining portion disposed in said main body at a bottom of said container, for retaining, using capillary force, an ink or an other liquid which has leaked out from the article,
- wherein said second supporting portion is disposed around said ink retaining portion, and said second supporting portion prevents contact between said unsealed member and said retaining portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.