Packing case and opening method therefor

• US 5,701,995 A
• Filed: 09/19/1996
• Issued: 12/30/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Ikeda, Masami, Tajima, Hiroki, Abe, Tsutomu, Sugimoto, Hitoshi, Kashino, Toshio, Okazaki, Takeshi, Asai, Naohito, Higuma, Masahiko, Ohshima, Noriyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): PATTERSON, MARIE D
• Application Number:
  US08/716,090
• Time in Patent Office: 467 Days
• Field of Search: 206/205, 206/484, 206/1.9, 206/469, 206/328, 206/334, 206/461, 206/460, 383/111, 347/108, 347/86, 347/87
• US Class Current: 206/205
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 2/17533 Storage or packaging of ink cartridges
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/003 Articles enclosed in rigid or semi-rigid containers, the whole being wrapped
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/04 Articles or materials enclosed in two or more containers disposed one within another

Abstract

A package material for accommodating a container cartridge provided with an ink supply portion integral with a recording head in use includes a package material for accommodating the container cartridge, provided with opening means for permitting opening of the package material; a sealing material for sealing an ink supply portion of the container cartridge; wherein the sealing member is at least partly mounted to the package material.

Claims

1. A package for accommodating a container cartridge having ink therein and provided with an ink supply portion and an air vent, the package comprising:

a package material for accommodating the container cartridge;

a sealing member for sealing the ink supply portion and the air vent of the container cartridge while the container cartridge is accommodated in the package material; and

opening means for permitting opening of said package material for removal of the container cartridge therefrom, wherein at least part of said sealing member is mounted to said package material, and said opening means is positioned relative to said sealing member so that opening said package material by said opening means exposes only a portion of the container cartridge remote from said sealing member.

2. A package according to claim 1, wherein said opening means is a notch formed in a part of said package material for permitting opening of said package material by tearing at said notch.

3. A package according to claim 1, wherein said opening means is a perforation in said package material for permitting opening of said package material along said perforation.

4. A package according to claim 1, wherein said opening means is a tape in said package material for permitting opening of said package material by removing said tape.

5. A package according to claim 1, wherein said sealing material is in the form of a tape having two longitudinal ends, and at least one of said longitudinal ends is fused to the package material.

6. A package according to claim 1, wherein said sealing material for sealing the ink supply portion of the container cartridge comprises a tape having a first side and second side, said sealing being performed by an end portion of said first side and said second side being fused to the package material.

7. A package according to claim 1, wherein the package material is provided with an opening which is remote from said sealing member.

8. A package in combination with a container cartridge for accommodating the container cartridge, the container cartridge having ink therein and provided with an ink supply portion and an air vent, the package comprising:

a package material for accommodating the container cartridge;

a sealing member for sealing the ink supply portion and the air vent of the container cartridge while the container cartridge is accommodated in the package material;

opening means for permitting opening of said package material for removal of the container cartridge therefrom, wherein at least part of said sealing member is mounted to said package material, and said opening means is positioned relative to said sealing member so that opening said package material by said opening means exposes only a portion of the container cartridge remote from said sealing member; and

said container cartridge, wherein the container cartridge has a wall thickness at the ink supply portion which is smaller than a thickness of a wall portion around the ink supply portion.

9. A package in combination with a container cartridge for accommodating the container cartridge, the container cartridge having ink therein and provided with an ink supply portion and an air vent, the package comprising:

a package material for accommodating the container cartridge;

a sealing member for sealing the ink supply portion and the air vent of the container cartridge while the container cartridge is accommodated in the package material;

opening means for permitting opening of said package material for removal of the container cartridge therefrom, wherein at least part of said sealing member is mounted to said package material, and said opening means is positioned relative to said sealing member so that opening said package material by said opening means exposes only a portion of the container cartridge remote from said sealing member; and

said container cartridge, wherein the container cartridge contains an ink absorbing material which is deformed by its elasticity into the ink supply portion.

10. A package in combination with a container cartridge for accommodating the container cartridge, the container cartridge having ink therein and provided with an ink supply portion and an air vent, the package comprising:

a package material for accommodating the container cartridge;

a sealing member for sealing the ink supply portion and the air vent of the container cartridge while the container cartridge is accommodated in the package material;

opening means for permitting opening of said package material for removal of the container cartridge therefrom, wherein at least part of said sealing member is mounted to said package material, and said opening means is positioned relative to said sealing member so that opening said package material by said opening means exposes only a portion of the container cartridge remote from said sealing member; and

said container cartridge, wherein the ink supply portion of the container cartridge is enclosed with a rib projecting outwardly.

11. A package in combination with a container cartridge for accommodating the container cartridge, the container cartridge having ink therein and provided with an ink supply portion and an air vent, the package comprising:

a package material for accommodating the container cartridge;

a sealing member for Sealing the ink supply portion and the air vent of the container cartridge while the container cartridge is accommodated in the package material;

opening means for permitting opening of said package material for removal of the container cartridge therefrom, wherein at least part of said sealing member is mounted to Said package material, and said opening means is positioned relative to said sealing member so that opening said package material by said opening means exposes only a portion of the container cartridge remote from said sealing member; and

said container cartridge, wherein the air vent of the container cartridge is enclosed with a rib projected outwardly.