Ink cartridge and ink jet apparatus usable with ink cartridge

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EP 0 478 244 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	27.05.1992 Bulletin 1992/22

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	01.04.1992 Bulletin 1992/14

(21)	Application number: 91308605.4

(22)	Date of filing: 20.09.1991

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁵: B41J 2/175

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

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Priority:

22.09.1990 JP 253606/90
17.09.1991 JP 236188/91

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

(72)	Inventor:
	Hashimoto, Kenichirou, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Ohta-ku, Tokyo (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)	Ink cartridge and ink jet apparatus usable with ink cartridge

(57) An ink cartridge includes a casing (27); an ink container (340) in the casing; an ink absorbing material (344) in the casing; an ink supply port in communication with the ink container to supply the ink therefrom to an outside of the case; an ink receiving port in communication with the ink absorbing material; and a projection from the casing adjacent the supply port.

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