Patent ID: 7284830
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink cartridge for use with a recording device that includes an open portion with an opening that opens in a horizontal direction to outside; a floor surface that extends in the horizontal direction; a ceiling surface that extends in the horizontal direction; an ink cartridge mounting portion being defined by the open portion, the floor surface, and the ceiling surface; a connection portion that supplies ink to a recording head, the connection portion being positioned in confrontation with the open portion and extending in a connection portion axial direction; and protrusion portions provided at horizontal ends of the ink cartridge mounting portion, the protrusion portions protruding away from the ceiling surface toward the floor surface, the ink cartridge being detachably mountable in the ink cartridge mounting portion, the ink cartridge comprising: a lower surface adapted to abut against the floor surface and slide from the open portion to the connection portion of the recording device when the ink cartridge is mounted in the ink cartridge mounting portion; a front surface having an ink supply hole that is connectable with the connection portion when the ink cartridge is mounted in the ink cartridge mounting portion; and an upper surface that extends, when the ink cartridge is mounted in the ink cartridge mounting portion, higher toward the ceiling surface at portions that correspond to in between the protrusion portions of the recording device than at portions that correspond to the protrusion portions.