Patent ID: 6692115
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A liquid container containing an absorbent member for temporarily retaining, by a capillary force, liquid to be supplied to a recording head for discharging the liquid and mounted together with said recording head on a linearly reciprocating carriage and adapted for receiving liquid replenishment to said absorbent member when said carriage is moved to a predetermined position:wherein, to the surface of said absorbent member, there is applied a polymer provided with a second portion having a lyophilic radical for rendering said surface lyophilic and a first portion having a radical of an interfacial energy different from the interfacial energy of said lyophilic radical but is approximately equal to the surfacial energy of said surface, and said first portion is oriented toward said surface while said second portion is oriented in a direction different from said surface.