Cartridge

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8967778-B2
Application number	US-201313782457-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2013
Priority date	Mar 2, 2012
Publication date	Mar 3, 2015
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015

Abstract

A cartridge includes a printing material supply port which is configured and arranged to be connected to a printing material supply pipe provided in a printing device. An effective area T of the printing material supply port is the same or more and five times or less than an effective area S of the printing material supply pipe. The effective area T may be set as two times or more and is 4.5 times or less than the effective area S. The effective area T may be set as three times or more and is four times or less than the effective area S.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cartridge for use in a printing device with a printing material supply pipe, the printing material supply pipe having a filter and being formed with an elongated shape in a depth direction, the cartridge being rotated when mounted into the printing device, the cartridge comprising:
a first surface and a second surface which oppose each other;
a third surface and a fourth surface which intersect with the second surface and the first surface and which oppo…

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Nozawa Izumi
• Mizutani Tadahiro
• Kodama Hidetoshi
• Nakamura Hiroyuki

Classifications

• B41J2/17553 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B41J2/1752

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic