Patent ID: 8764171
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink container comprising: a casing including an ink chamber configured to contain ink and having an ink supply port configured to supply the ink in the ink chamber to an outside of the casing, the casing having a bottom wall having the ink supply port, a top wall and a plurality of side walls, the bottom wall, the top wall and the plurality of side walls being defined by orientation when the ink container is oriented with the ink supply port facing downward, the plurality of side walls including a first side wall and a second side wall opposed to the first side wall, the ink supply port being closer to the first side wall than to the second side wall; a latch lever elastically deformable toward the second side wall and having a latching portion which is closer to the second side wall than to the first side wall; and an electrical contact which is closer to the second side wall than to the first side wall and which is closer to the bottom wall than to the top wall, the electrical contact being inclined relative to the second side wall and the bottom wall.