IP Library Granted Patent US 8,926,073
Granted Patent B2
US 8,926,073 · App. 14/170,993 · Granted Jan 6, 2015

Liquid container and liquid ejection system

Inventors: Yoshiaki Shimizu (Matsumoto, JP); Taku Ishizawa (Shiojiri, JP); Yuki Takeda (Matsumoto, JP); Shuichi Koganehira (Suwa, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
B41J2/175B41J2/17513B41J2/1752B41J2/17523B41J2/17553B41J2/19
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Patent No.
US 8,926,073
App. No.
14/170,993
Granted
Jan 6, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid container for supplying a liquid to a liquid ejection apparatus comprises: a liquid chamber provided to store the liquid; an air chamber connected with the liquid chamber to introduce the outside air into the liquid chamber with consumption of the liquid in the liquid chamber; an open-air hole provided to introduce the outside air into the air chamber; and a liquid inlet provided to fill the liquid into the liquid chamber, wherein the liquid inlet is located at a lower position than the open-air hole, in a filling attitude of the liquid container in which the liquid is filled into the liquid chamber.

Claims (10)

1. A liquid container for supplying a liquid to a liquid ejection apparatus, comprising:

a liquid chamber provided to store the liquid; and

an air chamber connected with the liquid chamber to introduce the outside air into the liquid chamber with consumption of the liquid in the liquid chamber;

a connection path connecting the liquid chamber with the air chamber; wherein

the liquid chamber has walls,

at least one portion of the connection path is formed in the projection projected outwards from one wall of the liquid chamber; and

wherein the liquid chamber and the at least one portion of the connection path are formed as respective concaves having respective openings on the same side and sealed with a film common to the respective openings.

2. The liquid container according to claim 1 ,

wherein the liquid chamber has a liquid inlet to fill the liquid into the liquid chamber and wherein the at least one portion of the connection path is located at a lower position than the liquid inlet when the liquid container is installed in the liquid ejection apparatus.

3. The liquid container according to claim 1 , further comprising a liquid discharge port communicating with the liquid chamber, the liquid discharge port located at a lower position than the position of the at least one portion of the connection path when the liquid container is installed in the liquid ejection apparatus.

Priority Claims (6)
JP 2010-160358 · Jul 15, 2010 · national
JP 2010-160361 · Jul 15, 2010 · national
JP 2010-197272 · Sep 3, 2010 · national
JP 2010-197274 · Sep 3, 2010 · national
JP 2010-197275 · Sep 3, 2010 · national
WO PCT/JP2011/003715 · Jun 29, 2011 · international
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13212921 · Aug 18, 2011
Related Publication 20140146113A1 · May 29, 2014