Patent ID: 6746110
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A liquid container comprising:a container body; a liquid retaining member, provided in said container body, for absorbing and retaining liquid therein, said liquid retaining member having a surface to be contacted by a filter provided at a free end of liquid receiving means to supply the liquid to an outside, wherein said surface of said liquid retaining member is provided with a pattern of pits and projections, the pits being out of contact with the filter when said liquid retaining member and the filter are contacted, and wherein the pits and projections are formed by contacting a contact member to said surface of said liquid retaining member and by heating and melting said surface while in contact with the contact member, wherein the contact member has a surface pattern corresponding to the pattern of pits and projections on said surface of said liquid retaining member, thus transferring the surface pattern.