Patents Represented by Attorney Stoock & Stoock & Lavan LLP
  • Patent number: 7011397
    Abstract: In an ink cartridge, a negative pressure generating mechanism is disposed between an ink storage region and an ink supply port, and has a wall surface having two through-holes for ink flow, and a valve member contacted with and separated from the through-hole by receiving a pressure in an ink supply port side. Ink flowing via the through-hole is supplied via the through-hole to the ink supply port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Miyazawa, Atsushi Kobayashi, Satoshi Shinada