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US 10,913,280 · App. 15/617,782 · Granted Feb 9, 2021

Ink replenish container

Inventors: Noriyuki Fukasawa (Shiojiri, JP); Taku Ishizawa (Matsumoto, JP); Tadashi Watanabe (Matsumoto, JP); Ryoichi Tanaka (Shiojiri, JP); Tadahiro Mizutani (Shiojiri, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
B41J2/17506B41J2/17509
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Patent No.
US 10,913,280
App. No.
15/617,782
Granted
Feb 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ink replenish container comprises a container main body that is able to store the ink; and an ink outlet formation member, attached to a front end side of the container main body, to form an ink outlet. The container main body includes a screw formation portion having a screw for engaging with the ink outlet formation member, and a shoulder portion provided on a front end side of the screw formation portion. The ink outlet formation member includes an abutting portion that abuts the shoulder portion.

Claims (8)

1. An ink replenish container for replenishing an ink to an ink tank of a printer, comprising:

a container main body that is able to store the ink; and

an ink outlet formation member, attached to a front end side of the container main body, to form an ink outlet,

wherein the container main body includes a screw formation portion having a screw for engaging with the ink outlet formation member, and a shoulder portion provided on a front end side of the screw formation portion,

the ink outlet formation member includes an abutting portion that abuts the shoulder portion and an engagement recess portion disposed on an inner surface thereof,

the container main body further includes a front end engagement portion on the front end side of the screw formation portion configured to be inserted into the engagement recess portion.

2. The ink replenish container according to claim 1 , wherein the abutting portion includes a plurality of rib-shaped abutting portions, and the plurality of rib-shaped abutting portions are separately formed at a plurality of places on a circumference around a center axis of the ink replenish container.

3. The ink replenish container according to claim 1 , wherein the outside diameter of the front end engagement portion is smaller than the outside diameter of the screw formation portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2017
From: FUKASAWA, NORIYUKI; ISHIZAWA, TAKU; WATANABE, TADASHI; TANAKA, RYOICHI; MIZUTANI, TADAHIRO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (4)
JP 2016-116155 · Jun 10, 2016 · national
JP 2016-203332 · Oct 17, 2016 · national
JP 2016-208864 · Oct 25, 2016 · national
JP 2017-037832 · Mar 1, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170355195A1 · Dec 14, 2017