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Ink cartridge

Granted 8 Oct 2002 · no office action yet

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation

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Inventors: Manabu Yamada, Chiyoshige Nakazawa · Examiner: Cathy Anne MacCormac · AU 2914 · TC 2900

Application
29/141,589
filed 10 May 2001
Publication
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US D464082
granted 8 Oct 2002

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top view of an…

FIG. 1 is a top view of an ink cartridge according to a first embodiment of the inventive design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a left-side view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right-side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view thereof, taken along the lines 7—7 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view thereof, taken along the lines 8—8 of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view thereof, taken along the lines 9—9 of FIG. 4;

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view thereof, taken along the lines 10—10 of FIG. 4;

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view thereof, taken along the lines 11—11 of FIG. 4;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 13 is another perspective view thereof.

The broken lines are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D18/56347/86

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