Claims
- 1. An ink cartridge for feeding ink to a printing head of an ink jet printer, the printing head having a tubular socket with a flat end face closed off by a sieve and an arrester, said ink cartridge comprising:
- a cartridge casing closed on all sides by walls including a face wall, said face wall having a first aperture for receiving the tubular socket with the flat end face, said casing having a second aperture for feeding air to the ink cartridge,
- locking elements on said casing for lockingly engaging the arrester of the printing head, and
- ink within said casing,
- said casing further comprising a prismatic hollow body having an opening on one side and having four lateral walls, said walls having free ends, with said wall face being fastened on the free ends of said walls, an elastomeric foil between said face wall and said foam element, said foil having a hole smaller than said first aperture and extending coaxially with said first aperture and wherein an edge zone of the smaller hole projecting beyond an edge of said first aperture rests sealing against the socket when the cartridge is inserted.
- 2. Ink cartridge according to claim 1, wherein said second aperture is arranged in said face wall and, via a duct arranged in the interior space of the casing, communicates with a hollow space on the side of the foam element opposing said face wall.
- 3. Ink cartridge according to claim 2, wherein said duct and said hollow space are each formed by two adjacent ribs on the inside of the casing.
- 4. Ink cartridge according to claim 1, wherein said first aperture and said second aperture are sealed for shipment by means of an adhesive tape or a sealing foil.
- 5. Ink cartridge according to claim 1, wherein said locking elements are projections on opposite lateral walls of the casing.
- 6. Ink cartridge according to claim 1, wherein two opposite lateral walls of the casing have gripping cams disposed at an end remote from the face wall, said gripping cams facilitating removal of the cartridge from the printing head.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/027,787 field on Mar. 8, 1993 now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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