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Granted Patent B2
US 12,576,647 · App. 18/738,365 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Cartridge

Inventors: Risa Saito (Hamamatsu, JP); Akihiro Suzuki (Hamamatsu, JP)
Assignee: ROLAND DG CORPORATION
B41J2/17513B41J2/1721B41J2/17553
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,576,647
App. No.
18/738,365
Granted
Mar 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cartridge includes an absorber capable of absorbing waste ink, an enclosure that encloses the absorber, and a casing that stores the absorber enclosed in the enclosure.

Claims (16)

1 . A cartridge comprising:

an absorber capable of absorbing waste ink;

an enclosure that encloses the absorber; and

a casing that stores the absorber enclosed in the enclosure.

2 . The cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein

the casing includes an inner wall portion made of resin and capable of surrounding the absorber enclosed in the enclosure;

the inner wall portion includes longitudinal inner wall portions extending in a longitudinal direction of the casing; longitudinal outer wall portions are provided with gaps with respect to outer surfaces of the longitudinal inner wall portions; and

at least one rib is provided between each of the longitudinal inner wall portions and each of the longitudinal outer wall portions.

3 . The cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein

the casing includes a box including an opening and capable of storing the absorber, and a lid capable of closing the opening of the box;

the lid includes an introduction port through which the waste ink is introducible into an inside of the casing;

a tubular portion extends from a peripheral edge of the introduction port toward the inside of the casing; and

a tip of the tubular portion is located inside the enclosure.

4 . The cartridge according to claim 3 , wherein

the absorber includes an exposed portion exposed from the enclosure; and

the exposed portion is recessed such that the tubular portion of the lid is fitted into the exposed portion.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 25, 2025
From: ROLAND DG CORPORATION; XYZ CORPORATION
To: ROLAND DG CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070314/0375 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2024
From: SAITO, RISA; SUZUKI, AKIHIRO
To: ROLAND DG CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067678/0596 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-114014 · Jul 11, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250375966A1 · Dec 11, 2025
References Cited (2)
US 20190210376A1 · Shimizu · 2019 [cited by examiner]
JP 2021123108A · 2021 [cited by applicant]