Patent ID: 7384124

Claim:
A carriage for an ink cartridge of an image forming apparatus comprising: a carriage body having a mounting portion, in which the ink cartridge having a latching portion is accommodated; a latch rotatably disposed at the carriage body to close the mounting portion by locking, that when unlocking with respect to the carriage body, draws the ink cartridge out of the mounting portion; a resilient latch member to resiliently bias the latch in an opening direction; a locking unit to lock the latch to the carriage body; and a sliding unit that limits an opening angle of the latch with respect to the carriage body, wherein the sliding unit comprises: a sliding protrusion disposed on the latch; and a sliding hole portion disposed on the carriage body opposite to the sliding protrusion, to accommodate the sliding protrusion, and wherein the sliding hole portion comprises: a first penetrating hole receiving the sliding protrusion at a first position when the latch is locked; a second penetrating hole receiving the sliding protrusion at a second position when the latch is opened; and a connection portion connecting the first and the second penetrating holes.