Patent ID: 9296212
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: B41J,B65D

Claim Text:
1. An ink tank, comprising: a body including a neck, an external surface of the neck including a first snap ridge and a stop, the neck including an aperture to enable access to an internal volume of the body, the internal volume to hold ink; and; a cap coupled to the neck and covering the aperture, the cap including an ink outlet, an internal surface of the cap including a second snap ridge and a third snap ridge, a radial space being defined between a first end of the second snap ridge and a second end of the third snap ridge, the first snap ridge including first tapered surfaces to oppose second and third tapered surfaces of the respective ones of the second and third snap ridges to enable the cap to be coupled to the neck, the first and second ends of the respective ones of the second and third snap ridges being disposed on opposing sides of the stop, the first and second ends to interact with the stop to hold the cap in a relatively fixed rotational orientation with respect to the neck to enable an ink supply tube coupled to the cap and extending into the internal volume to have an end in a region of the internal volume to enable ink to be drawn from the internal volume.