Patent ID: 6951389
Filing Date: 2005-10-04
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A seal to be received in a passage of an ink-jet cartridge, comprising: an elongate hollow body portion having a wall defining an interior, a first end, a second end, and a body axis between the first and second ends, the first end being located further from an interior of the ink-jet cartridge than the second end; and a generally frusto-conical sealing wall made of resilient material and disposed in the interior of said elongate hollow body, a wide end portion of said frusto-conical sealing wall tapering inward from said wall toward the body axis to a taper end to define a relief space between the frusto-conical sealing wall and the wall of the elongate hollow body portion, wherein the wide end portion of the sealing wall tapering inward narrows from said first end toward said second end.