Patent ID: 7185975
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink package comprising: an ink bag including a pair of flexible walls which are opposed to each other and accommodating ink; and an ink delivering portion having a passage through which an interior space and an exterior space of said ink bag are held in communication for delivering said ink in said ink bag to said exterior space, wherein said ink delivering portion includes a fixing portion which is fixed to one of two opposite ends of said ink bag, and an extending portion which is formed adjacent to said fixing portion and extends therefrom along a length of the extending portion in a first direction from said one of the two opposite ends of said ink bag into the interior space toward the other of the two opposite ends thereof, said extending portion having an end distal from the fixing portion and having a cross sectional area which gradually decreases in the first direction at least from a point on the length until the end of the extending portion.