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(11) EP 0 378 241 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
05.12.1990 Bulletin 1990/49

(43) Date of publication A2:
18.07.1990 Bulletin 1990/29

(21) Application number: 90100653.6

(22) Date of filing: 12.01.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B41J 2/165, B41J 29/13, B65D 85/38, B41J 2/175
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 13.01.1989 JP 7473/89

(71) Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Ohta-ku Tokyo 146 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Masuda, Kazuaki
    Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Kuwabara, Nobuyuki
    Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Tiedtke, Harro, Dipl.-Ing. et al
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4
80336 München
80336 München (DE)


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    (54) Storage container


    (57) There is disclosed a storage container for an ink jet recording head, consisting of a part having a box-shaped recess (3) for housing the recording head, and another plate-shaped part (6) for converting the aperture of the recessed part (3). The recessed part (3) and/or the plate-­shaped part (6) has volume resistivity not exceeding 10¹⁰ Ω.cm at least in a portion in contact with the ink jet recording head, and is transparent totally or in part, and both member have nitrogen permeability not 0.5 cc.mm/cm².sec.cmHg.10¹⁰. The container serves to prevent solidification of ink and electrostatic destruction during storage of the recording head.







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