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(11) EP 0 335 699 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.05.1990 Bulletin 1990/18

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.10.1989 Bulletin 1989/40

(21) Application number: 89303119.5

(22) Date of filing: 30.03.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: B41J 2/165
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 31.03.1988 JP 76373/88
31.03.1988 JP 76374/88
31.03.1988 JP 76375/88
31.03.1988 JP 76376/88
31.03.1988 JP 76377/88

(71) Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Murai, Keiichi
    Kashiwa-shi Chiba-ken (JP)
  • Sugitani, Hiroshi
    Machida-shi Tokyo (JP)
  • Ikeda, Masami
    Setagaya-ku Tokyo (JP)
  • Kurata, Mitsuru
    Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Hirabayashi, Hiromitsu
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Nomura, Akihiro
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Koitabashi, Norifumi
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis et al
BERESFORD & Co. 2-5 Warwick Court High Holborn
London WC1R 5DJ
London WC1R 5DJ (GB)


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    (54) Replaceable ink jet cartridge and ink jet apparatus having the same


    (57) The present application relates to a cartridge having liquid discharging means (110) and removablly mounted onto a main body of a liquid jet recording apparatus. The cartridge comprises humidifying means (120) for humidify­ing a liquid discharging portion of the liquid discharging means (110), an input member for receiving deliver of an actuating force for actuating said humidifying means (120), an electric contact member (170) for receiving an electric signal actuating said liquid discharging means (110), and a box member (100) for containing said humidifying means (120), input member and electric member (170).







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