Protector for ink cartridge container

A protector for an ink cartridge container, the ink cartridge container including a containing case body, an ink inlet for a recording head, a cartridge containing part into which an ink cartridge connectable to and disconnectable from the ink inlet is removably insertable, and a door body capable of opening and closing an opening opposed to the ink inlet with the cartridge containing part sandwiched therebetween, the protector comprising:

• a protective cap unit that closes the ink inlet, the protective cap unit comprising:
• a main body;
• a supporting rod protruded toward the ink inlet from the main body;
• a guiding funnel formed at a front edge of the supporting rod;
• and
• an elastic cap provided at an inner diametrical portion of the guiding funnel and capable of coming into close contact with the ink inlet, wherein
• the protective cap unit is removable from and insertable into a containing case body, and the protective cap unit is formed as a different shape than that of the ink cartridge, wherein
• a plurality of the supporting rods and a plurality of the guiding funnels are provided in parallel, and wherein
• a number of the plurality of the supporting rods and the plurality of the guiding funnels correspond to a number of a plurality of ink inlets provided in the ink cartridge container.

A protector for an ink cartridge container, the ink cartridge container including a containing case body, an ink inlet for a recording head, a cartridge containing part into which an ink cartridge connectable to and disconnectable from the ink inlet is removably insertable, and a door body capable of opening and closing an opening opposed to the ink inlet with the cartridge containing part sandwiched therebetween, the protector comprising:

• a protective cap unit that closes the ink inlet, the protective cap unit comprising:
• a main body;
• a supporting rod protruded toward the ink inlet from the main body;
• a guiding funnel formed at a front edge of the supporting rod;
• and
• an elastic cap provided at an inner diametrical portion of the guiding funnel and capable of coming into close contact with the ink inlet, wherein
• the protective cap unit is removable from and insertable into a containing case body, and
• the protective cap unit is formed as a different shape than that of the ink cartridge, wherein
• the main body includes a restraining plate for restraining the elastic cap from being fitted to the ink inlet when the protective cap unit is inserted into the containing case body when the protective cap unit is in an improper position.