Patent ID: 7832848

Claim:
An ink cartridge mounting device comprising: a housing that forms a mounting space for mounting an ink cartridge; a hollow ink drawing member that protrudes from an inner surface of the housing toward the mounting space, the ink drawing member being inserted into the ink cartridge to draw out an ink stored in the ink cartridge when the ink cartridge is mounted in the mounting space; and an ink flow path forming portion that forms an ink flow path from the interior of the mounting space to the outside of the mounting space, along which ink from the ink drawing member flows when the ink cartridge is removed from the mounting space; wherein the housing comprises: a bottom wall; and a side wall erected from the bottom wall to form the inner surface of the housing from which the ink drawing member protrudes; wherein the ink flow path forming portion comprises: a first flow path surface extending from a part of the side wall located between the ink drawing member and the bottom wall toward the mounting space; and a through hole formed through a part of the side wall located between the first flow path surface and the ink drawing member; wherein a joint portion protrudes from the side wall toward the mounting space so as to surround the ink drawing member, and is configured to fit with the ink cartridge; and wherein the first flow path surface is formed by an inner circumferential surface of the joint portion.