Patent ID: 6390601
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink tank detachably holdable on a tank holder which includes first and second side walls opposed to each other and respectively having first and second engagement holes, said ink tank comprising:an ink tank body; a movable lever on said ink tank body, said movable lever having a first engaging pawl to engage with the first engagement hole; and a second engaging pawl on said ink tank body, said second engaging pawl to engage with the second engagement hole, wherein a distance S between an outer side face of a base portion of said movable lever and a leading end of said second engaging pawl is set to be longer by 0.4 mm to 1.0 mm than a distance W between inner wall faces of the first and second side walls; and wherein a length of a lower side of an extrusion of said second engaging pawl is longer than that of upper side thereof, and the upper side and the lower side are made continuous by an inclined face.