(19)
(11) EP 0 442 485 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.10.1991 Bulletin 1991/43

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.08.1991 Bulletin 1991/34

(21) Application number: 91102045.1

(22) Date of filing: 13.02.1991
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B41J 2/175
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL

(30) Priority: 13.02.1990 JP 31704/90
13.02.1990 JP 31715/90
13.02.1990 JP 31731/90
13.02.1990 JP 31735/90
13.02.1991 JP 19939/91 U

(60) Divisional application:
95110640.0 / 0684139

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

(72) Inventors:
  • Saito, Atsushi, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Ohkubo, Akio, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Watanabe, Fumihiko, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)
  • Shinada, Yasuyuki, c/o Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Ohta-ku, 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) Ink supplying device and ink jet recording apparatus using the same


    (57) An ink cartridge adapted to be loaded detachably to an ink jet recording apparatus for preforming a recording on a recording medium by discharging ink comprises an ink tank for accommodating ink therein, leading-out means for leading out ink within said ink tank to the outside, said leading-out means being provided on said ink tank, and a frame for supporting displaceably said ink tank on which said leading-out means is provided. Also, an ink jet recording apparatus for preforming a recording on a recording medium (1) comprises a recording head (38) for discharging ink from a discharge port to carry out the recording on the recording medium (1), a loading part for loading therein an ink cartridge, said loading part having an ink tank for accommodating ink therein, leading-out means for leading out ink within said ink tank to the outside, said leading-out means being provided on said ink tank and a frame for supporting displaceably said ink tank on which said leading-out means is provided, and ink supplying means (G) for supplying ink to said recording head (38) by coupling to the lead-out means of said ink cartridge which is loaded in said loading part.









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