Patent ID: 8337000

Claim:
An ink storage apparatus comprising: an ejecting section that ejects ink droplets to a print medium; a liquid chamber that stores the ink ejected from the ejecting section; an air chamber that is provided at an upper part of the liquid chamber; a separate section that separates the liquid chamber and the air chamber; a connecting section that connects the liquid chamber and the air chamber and that is provided at the end of the separate section; a guide face that is provided at an upper part of the liquid chamber and that is inclined to an ejection face of the ejecting section and that guides air bubbles in the liquid chamber to the connecting section; and an air flow path opening that is provided in the air chamber and that is connected to an outside; wherein the connecting section is provided at a first end side of the ink storage apparatus in direction that the ejecting section is formed, the air flow path opening is provided at a second end side of the ink storage apparatus opposite the first end side in the direction that the ejecting section is formed, and the connecting section is not provided at the second end side of the ink storage apparatus.