Patent ID: 6796642
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
An ink cartridge which supplies ink to an ink jet recording apparatus through an ink supply needle of the ink jet recording apparatus, comprisinga container body including an ink supply surface on which an ink supply passage into which said ink supply needle is inserted is provided, and side surfaces, in which the height of at least one of said side surfaces of the container body approximately orthogonal to said ink supply surface is larger than at least one width of said ink supply surface, and one of said side surfaces is an opening surface that is opened in the direction of said width; a lid member, which seals said opening surface of said container body; a porous member, which is housed in a space formed by said container body and said lid member; and a press-contacting portion provided in the vicinity of said ink supply passage substantially in parallel to said ink supply surface and approximately orthogonal to the opening surface, wherein a part of said porous member is press-contacted to the press-contacting portion.