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Granted Patent B2
US 9,738,079 · App. 14/914,805 · Granted Aug 22, 2017

Replenishment container and inkjet recording device comprising same

Inventors: Takehiko Matsushita (Tokyo, JP); Naomichi Yoshida (Tokyo, JP); Akira Miyao (Tokyo, JP); Nobuhiro Harada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
B41J2/175B41J2/17506B41J2/18B41J2002/1853
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Patent No.
US 9,738,079
App. No.
14/914,805
Granted
Aug 22, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a replenishment container and an inkjet recording device that are capable of reducing staining by ink or a solvent during ink or solvent replenishing. The replenishment container comprises a storage member having an opening formed therein and having a storage chamber that stores ink or solvent, a stopper member that seals the opening of the storage member, and a lid member that covers the stopper member. The replenishment container is characterized by: comprising a seal member that has a throughhole between the stopper member and the lid member; the lid member having a throughhole that is opened concentrically with the throughhole of the seal member; and the inner diameter of part or all of the throughhole in the seal member being smaller than the inner diameter of the throughhole in the lid member.

Claims (7)

1. A replenishment container, comprising:

a storage member comprising a storage chamber that stores ink or a solvent and comprising an opening formed therein;

a stopper member configured to seal the opening of the storage member; and

a lid member configured to cover the stopper member, wherein

the replenishment container comprises a seal member that has a through hole between the stopper member and the lid member,

the lid member comprises a through hole formed concentrically with the through hole of the seal member and an inner diameter of part or a whole of the through hole of the seal member is smaller than an inner diameter of the through hole of the lid member, and

the stopper member is used as a first stopper member, a through hole is provided at a central part of the first stopper member, the through hole is provided with a T-figured second stopper member and a spring is provided between the first stopper member and the second stopper member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2016
From: MATSUSHITA, TAKEHIKO; YOSHIDA, NAOMICHI; MIYAO, AKIRA; HARADA, NOBUHIRO
To: HITACHI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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