(19)
(11) EP 0 820 873 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.01.1999 Bulletin 1999/01

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.01.1998 Bulletin 1998/05

(21) Application number: 97305524.7

(22) Date of filing: 23.07.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: B41J 2/175
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV RO SI

(30) Priority: 26.07.1996 JP 215250/96
24.07.1996 JP 214305/96
25.07.1996 JP 215405/96

(71) Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ishii, Makoto
    Mizuho-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken (JP)
  • Ogawa, Hiroo
    Mizuho-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Senior, Alan Murray 
J.A. KEMP & CO., 14 South Square, Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5LX
London WC1R 5LX (GB)

   


(54) Ink supplying apparatus


(57) An ink supplying apparatus for an ink jet recording apparatus is provided that includes an ink case which can store ink pellets such that the ink pellets are movable toward a discharging section. The ink case includes a plurality of accommodating channel sections arranged parallel to each other so as to correspond to a plurality of colors of the ink pellets; a pellet pressing member and an urging member arranged respectively in each of the accommodating channel sections for urging the ink pellets in each of the accommodating channel sections toward the discharging section; and a discharging mechanism for supplying the ink pellet at a supplying section of each of the discharging sections to a tank section of the ink jet recording apparatus.






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