Patent ID: 7125109

Claim:
An ink container for supplying through an ink supply port ink accommodated in a main body of said container, said ink container including a substrate mounted on a surface of the main body of said container, a contact portion, and a storing element electrically connected with said contact said portion, said contact portion and said storing element being provided on said substrate, the improvement residing in that: said contact portion is disposed at a position more remote from said ink supply port than said storing element, wherein said contact portion is disposed on an outer surface of said substrate, and said storing element is disposed on an inner surface of said substrate, wherein a surface of said main body of said container is provided with a recess engaged with said storing element, and wherein said surface of said main body of said container is provided with a cap mounting recess to which a cap is mountable to seal said ink supply port, and wherein said cap mounting recess is continuous with said recess engaged with said storing element.