Patent ID: 8226221
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An ink cartridge mountable on a cartridge mounting section of an inkjet recording device in a mounting direction, the ink cartridge comprising: a cartridge main body that has an ink accommodating chamber accommodating ink therein and an ink outlet outputting ink in the ink accommodating chamber toward the inkjet recording device; and a pivoting member that is pivotably supported by the cartridge main body and that has a lid member configured of closing the ink outlet, the pivoting member pivoting to move the lid member between a closing position and an opening position, the lid member closing the ink outlet at the closing position, the lid member opening the ink outlet at the opening position, wherein the lid member at the opening position is positioned below the ink outlet in a vertical direction when the ink cartridge is in a mounting posture in which the ink cartridge is mounted on the cartridge mounting section, wherein the pivoting member pivots about a prescribed supporting portion of the cartridge main body that is positioned below the ink outlet when the ink cartridge is in the mounting posture in which the ink cartridge is mounted on the cartridge mounting section, and wherein the ink outlet is positioned at a downstream end of the ink cartridge with respect to the mounting direction.