Abstract:
An ink absorbing body stores an ink injected into an ink tank for an ink-jet with capillary force between fiber. On a surface of said fiber before filling the ink, a surfactant is deposited within a range of 0.002 to 0.2wt% relative to a weight of the ink or in a range of 0.01 to 0.5wt% relative to a weight of the fiber.
Abstract:
A liquid container comprises an inner wall (102) that forms the liquid containing portion to contain liquid therein; an outer wall (101) that forms the container to contain the liquid containing portion therein; and a liquid supply portion for supplying liquid from the liquid containing portion to the outside. Then, the inner wall is arranged to be a member to generate negative pressure in the liquid containing portion by being deformed following the leading-out of the liquid, and also, formed by the material having an elastic modulus change of 25% or less against the temperature change of use environment. With the liquid container thus structured, it is possible to implement the stable supply of liquid by stabilizing the characteristic of negative pressure in the liquid containing portion thereof irrespective of the temperature changes of use environments.
Abstract:
An ink absorber (24,25,26,28,34,45,46) is housed inside a housing of an ink tank (20,30,40) and is capable of retaining ink. The ink absorber (24,25,26,28,34,45,46) has an outer surface equal to or corresponding to a shape of an internal surface of the housing and is made of a fiber material obtained by compressing a fiber body and thermally molding at least a surface thereof. An ink tank (20,30,40) is comprised of the ink absorber (24,25,26,28,34,45,46) and the housing. An ink jet cartridge is comprised of the ink tank (20,30,40) and a print head (21,31). A process for producing the ink tank comprises a first molding step of molding a continuous fiber aggregate of a rod shape or a plate shape with elasticity, a step of cutting the fiber aggregate thus molded to form a fiber body, a second molding step of subjecting the fiber body to compression and thermal molding so as to provide the fiber body with an outer surface corresponding to a shape of the inside of the housing, thus forming an ink absorber and a step of inserting the ink absorber into the inside of the housing.
Abstract:
A liquid container comprises a negative pressure generating member containing chamber (134) containing therein at least two negative pressure generating members (132A,132B), and both negative pressure generating members are urged against each other so that the urged portions form an interface (132C) which intersects with a partition wall. The capillary force of the interface of the urged portions is higher than the capillary forces of the first and second negative pressure generating members. The negative pressure generating member containing chamber is filled with an amount of liquid such that the entire interface of the urged portions keeps an amount of liquid within the second negative pressure generating member constant irrespective of the posture of the liquid container, and the first negative pressure generating member is stronger in capillary force than the second negative pressure generating member.
Abstract:
A liquid container comprises an inner wall (102) that forms the liquid containing portion to contain liquid therein; an outer wall (101) that forms the container to contain the liquid containing portion therein; and a liquid supply portion for supplying liquid from the liquid containing portion to the outside. Then, the inner wall is arranged to be a member to generate negative pressure in the liquid containing portion by being deformed following the leading-out of the liquid, and also, formed by the material having an elastic modulus change of 25% or less against the temperature change of use environment. With the liquid container thus structured, it is possible to implement the stable supply of liquid by stabilizing the characteristic of negative pressure in the liquid containing portion thereof irrespective of the temperature changes of use environments.
Abstract:
A liquid container comprises an inner wall (102) that forms the liquid containing portion to contain liquid therein; an outer wall (101) that forms the container to contain the liquid containing portion therein; and a liquid supply portion for supplying liquid from the liquid containing portion to the outside. Then, the inner wall is arranged to be a member to generate negative pressure in the liquid containing portion by being deformed following the leading-out of the liquid, and also, formed by the material having an elastic modulus change of 25% or less against the temperature change of use environment. With the liquid container thus structured, it is possible to implement the stable supply of liquid by stabilizing the characteristic of negative pressure in the liquid containing portion thereof irrespective of the temperature changes of use environments.
Abstract:
An ink absorbing body stores an ink injected into an ink tank for an ink-jet with capillary force between fiber. On a surface of said fiber before filling the ink, a surfactant is deposited within a range of 0.002 to 0.2wt% relative to a weight of the ink or in a range of 0.01 to 0.5wt% relative to a weight of the fiber.
Abstract:
An ink container comprising a plurality of ink storing portions for storing one of a plurality of types of ink to be supplied to a color recording head; wherein the internal space of the ink container is divided with a substantially T-shaped partitioning wall so that at least three types of ink can be stored.