Patent ID: 6592215
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A liquid ejection recording head which receives liquid from one or more liquid containers mountable on a carriage, each said liquid container having a press-contact member of fibrous material at a liquid outlet, said liquid ejection recording head comprising:a tubular member for receiving ink from said liquid container, said tubular member having an upstream edge with respect to a direction of flow of the liquid therethrough and having a fixing portion; a filter having a peripheral portion and being fixed to said tubular member by having said peripheral portion sandwiched by said fixing portion of said tubular member downstream of said upstream edge with respect to the direction of flow of the liquid, wherein a region of said filter other than said peripheral portion sandwiched by said fixing portion is stepped outwardly from said tubular member and constitutes a substantially flat portion which extends slightly outward from said upstream edge; and a plurality of pillars disposed in said tubular member and having end portions contacted to a backside of said substantially flat portion of said filter.