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US 10,239,324 · App. 16/004,668 · Granted Mar 26, 2019

Liquid-consuming apparatus

Inventors: Yoshinori Osakabe (Seto, JP); Tomohisa Higuchi (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B41J2/17553B41J2/16505B41J2/1752B41J2/1754B41J2/17513B41J29/02B41J29/13B41J2/165B41J2/16511B41J2/175
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Patent No.
US 10,239,324
App. No.
16/004,668
Granted
Mar 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid-consuming apparatus includes: a tank including a liquid storage chamber which stores a liquid, an inlet formed in a surface of the tank, and an outlet through which the liquid from the liquid storage chamber flows; a cap which is movable between a first position and a second position; a cover which is movable relative to the tank between a closed position and an open position; and a holding member which is connected to the cap and which holds the cap at the second position. The cap at the second position or the holding member is configured to obstruct a movement of the cover from the open position to the closed position.

Claims (8)

1. A liquid-consuming apparatus, comprising:

a tank including a liquid storage chamber configured to store a liquid, an inlet formed in a surface of the tank, and an outlet configured to let the liquid flow therethrough from the liquid storage chamber;

a cap which is detachably attachable to the inlet; and

an elastic deformation member connected to the cap,

wherein the inlet has a circular shape, and

wherein under a condition that the cap is detached from the inlet and the liquid is poured into the liquid storage chamber through the inlet, the elastic deformation member is configured to hold the cap away from a virtual line, which extends from a center of the inlet toward outside of the tank along an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the surface of the tank, by its resilience.

2. The liquid-consuming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein under the condition that the cap is detached from the inlet and the liquid is poured into the liquid storage chamber through the inlet, the elastic deformation member is configured to hold the cap away from a cylindrical area which extends from an inner circumference of the inlet toward outside of the tank along the orthogonal direction.

3. The liquid-consuming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein under a condition that the cap is attached to the inlet, the elastic deformation member is configured to be elastically deformed against the resilience.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2018
From: OSAKABE, YOSHINORI; HIGUCHI, TOMOHISA
To: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 046041/0916 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-201864 · Sep 30, 2014 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15611960 · Jun 2, 2017
Continuation 15263919 · Sep 13, 2016
Division 14854203 · Sep 15, 2015
Related Publication 20180290456A1 · Oct 11, 2018