Patent ID: 8439492
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A manufacturing method of a cartridge adapted to be removably attached to a printing device, the cartridge comprising: a liquid container adapted to contain a liquid; a filler port provided to fill the liquid into the liquid container; a supply port connected with a liquid supply tube provided in the printing device; a connection port provided to communicate with the liquid container; a flow path arranged to connect the connection port with the supply port; and a member provided to have the filler port, the supply port and the connection port arranged on one identical surface, wherein the surface of the member has the supply port and the filler port arranged on one direction side relative to center of the surface, and the connection port arranged on an opposite direction side to the one direction side relative to the center, the manufacturing method comprising the steps of: (a) injecting the liquid into the liquid container through the filler port; (b) after the step (a), setting an attitude of the cartridge to a first attitude that the filler port is located above the connection port in a vertical direction and a normal vector of the surface is inclined upward in the vertical direction from a horizontal direction at an angle of not less than +1 degree and less than +90 degrees, and expelling air bubble from the filler port and the supply port in the first attitude; and (c) after the step (b), closing the filler port.