Protector for ink cartridge container

Details Protector for ink cartridge container Protector for ink cartridge container

2007-03-28

2010-11-23

Shah, Manish S (Department: 2853)

Incremental printing of symbolic information

Ink jet

Fluid or fluid source handling means

C347S086000, C347S108000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07837308

ABSTRACT:
A protector for an ink cartridge container including a containing case body, an ink inlet for a recording head, a cartridge containing part into which an ink cartridge is removably insertable, and a door body capable of opening and closing an opening opposed to the ink inlet with the cartridge containing part sandwiched therebetween, the protector includes a protective cap unit including: a main body; a supporting rod protruded toward the ink inlet from the main body; a guiding funnel formed at a front edge of the supporting rod; and an elastic cap provided at an inner diametrical portion of the guiding funnel and capable of coming into close contact with the ink inlet, wherein the main body, the guiding funnel and the elastic cap has a symmetrical shape with respect to an axis of the ink inlet.

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Japan Patent Office; Notification of Reasons for Refusal in Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-100497 (counterpart to the above-captioned U.S. patent application) mailed Jan. 20, 2010.

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