Method for constructing an ink cartridge
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsShuichi Yamaguchi, Yoshio Miyazawa
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Abstract
A method of constructing an ink cartridge is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: providing an ink bag with an ink supply port at one end and an ink charge opening at an opposite end thereof; then affixing a back member to an external flat side of the ink bag; then suspending the ink bag with the ink supply port facing downward and charging a predetermined amount of ink into the ink bag via the ink charge opening; then permanently sealing the ink charge opening; keeping the ink bag flat with the back member; and affixing the back member to the bottom of a case main body.
Claims5
A method of constructing an ink cartridge comprising the steps of:
- providing an ink bag with an ink supply port at one end and an ink charge opening at an opposite end thereof;
- then
- affixing a back member to an external flat side of said ink bag;
- then
- suspending said ink bag with said ink supply port facing downward and charging a predetermined amount of ink into said ink bag via said ink charge opening;
- then
- permanently sealing said ink charge opening;
- keeping said ink bag flat with said back member;
- and
- affixing said back member to the bottom of a case main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.