Media cartridge and image recording apparatus with detachably mountable media cartridge
First Claim
1. A media cartridge detachably mountable on an image recording apparatus for recording an image on a sheet and including a frame body, said frame body comprising:
- sheets for recording an image in said image recording apparatus;
an ink containing member for containing ink to be supplied to image recording means of said image recording apparatus and to be discharged to said sheets;
pickup means for advancing said sheets one by one from said frame body; and
an ink absorbent member for absorbing ink not used for the recording in said image recording apparatus in a state that said frame body is mounted on said image recording apparatus.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an ink jet image recording apparatus adapted for use in mobile printing, and a media cartridge for containing a sheet to be recorded by such apparatus. The media cartridge is detachably mountable on an image recording apparatus for forming an image on a sheet and includes a frame body which includes sheets for recording an image by the image recording apparatus, an ink containing member for containing ink to be supplied to an image recording unit of the image recording apparatus and to be discharged on the sheets, a pick-up unit for feeding the sheets one by one from the frame body, and an ink absorbent member for absorbing the ink not used for recording in the image recording apparatus in a state that the frame body is mounted thereon.
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112 Claims
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1. A media cartridge detachably mountable on an image recording apparatus for recording an image on a sheet and including a frame body, said frame body comprising:
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sheets for recording an image in said image recording apparatus;
an ink containing member for containing ink to be supplied to image recording means of said image recording apparatus and to be discharged to said sheets;
pickup means for advancing said sheets one by one from said frame body; and
an ink absorbent member for absorbing ink not used for the recording in said image recording apparatus in a state that said frame body is mounted on said image recording apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. An image recording apparatus comprising:
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a) a mounting portion capable of detachably mounting a media cartridge comprised of a frame body including;
sheets for recording an image in said image recording apparatus;
an ink containing member for containing ink to be supplied to said image recording apparatus and to be discharged to said sheets;
pickup means for advancing said sheets one by one from said frame body; and
an ink absorbent member for absorbing ink not used for the recording in said image recording apparatus in a state that said frame body is mounted on said image recording apparatus;
b) image recording means for discharging ink supplied from said ink containing member to said sheets contained in said media cartridge;
c) drive means for activating said pickup means; and
d) conveying means for conveying the sheets. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A media cartridge detachably mountable on an image recording apparatus provided with image recording means capable of discharging ink, the media cartridge including:
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a frame body;
a sheet body comprising plural stacked sheets contained in said frame body;
a sheet feeding roller adapted to contact the outermost sheet surface of said sheet body thereby feeding the sheets one by one; and
an ink containing member storing ink to be supplied to said image recording means, wherein said sheet feeding roller is positioned at the leading end side, in a sheet feeding direction, on the sheet surface of said sheet body, and said ink containing member is positioned at the sheet surface at the side of said sheet feeding roller and at the upstream side of said sheet feeding roller in the sheet feeding direction, both being contained in said frame body. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
a media cartridge according to any one of claims 61 to 72; and
conveying means for conveying a sheet fed from said media cartridge when said media cartridge is mounted on said image recording apparatus.
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74. A media cartridge according to claim 61, wherein said image recording means includes an ink jet recording head for forming an image by discharging ink.
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75. A media cartridge detachably mountable on an image recording apparatus for forming an image on a sheet, the media cartridge comprising:
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a frame body;
a sheet containing portion provided in said frame body and adapted for containing sheets for recording an image in said image recording apparatus;
an ink containing portion provided in said frame body and adapted for containing an ink containing member containing ink to be supplied to image recording means of said image recording apparatus and to be discharged onto said sheets;
pickup means provided in said frame body and adapted to feed said sheets one by one from said frame body; and
an ink absorbent member containing portion provided in said frame body and containing an ink absorbent member for absorbing the ink not used in said image recording means in a state that said frame body is mounted on said image recording apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112)
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