IP Library Granted Patent US 9,586,407
Granted Patent B2
US 9,586,407 · App. 14/779,035 · Granted Mar 7, 2017

Liquid container, liquid container unit, liquid ejection system and liquid ejection apparatus

Inventors: Naomi Kimura (Nagano, JP); Shoma Kudo (Nagano, JP); Munehide Kanaya (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
B41J2/17523B41J2/1752B41J2/17509B41J2/17553B41J29/02B41J29/13
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Patent No.
US 9,586,407
App. No.
14/779,035
Granted
Mar 7, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid container includes: a container portion that is configured to contain ink; and an ink inlet portion that is connected with the container portion and is configured to pour ink into the container portion. The container portion includes a fifth wall that is arranged to intersect with the ink inlet portion; a third wall that has optical transparency and is arranged to intersect with the fifth wall; and a partition wall that is located between the third wall and an intersecting part at which the ink inlet portion intersects with the fifth wall.

Claims (30)

1. A liquid container, comprising:

a liquid container portion configured to contain a liquid to be supplied to a head that ejects liquid; and

a liquid inlet portion, through which the liquid is received into the liquid container portion,

the liquid container portion in a state of supplying the liquid to the head, comprising

a bottom wall;

a liquid inlet portion forming wall which is located above the bottom wall and provided with the liquid inlet portion;

a visual recognition wall extending in a direction that intersects with the bottom wall and the liquid inlet portion forming wall, the visual recognition wall allowing the liquid in the liquid container portion to be externally recognized;

an opposing wall opposed to the visual recognition wall; and

a wall located between the bottom wall and the liquid inlet portion forming wall, the wall extending toward the opposing wall in a direction that intersects with the visual recognition wall, and having an end portion apart from the opposing wall and the bottom wall, wherein

the liquid inlet portion is located nearer to the visual recognition wall than the opposing wall, and

the end portion of the wall is located nearer to the opposing wall than the visual recognition wall.

2. The liquid container according to claim 1 , wherein

the visual recognition wall is provided with a lower limit mark indicating a lower limit of a liquid amount in the liquid container portion.

3. The liquid container according to claim 1 , wherein

the visual recognition wall is provided with an upper limit mark indicating an upper limit of a liquid amount in the liquid container portion.

4. The liquid container according to claim 1 , wherein

at least part of the visual recognition wall has liquid repellency.

5. A printer comprising:

the liquid container according to claim 1 ; and

the head, wherein

the liquid container is placed in a case of the printer, and

the case has a window portion opposed to the visual recognition wall of the liquid container.

6. The printer according to claim 5 , wherein

the window portion is provided in front of the printer.

7. The printer according to claim 5 , wherein

the case has an operation panel in front of the printer.

8. A multifunction device comprising:

the printer according to claim 5 ; and

a scanner unit, wherein

the scanner unit is rotatably provided with respect to the case, above the printer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2015
From: KIMURA, NAOMI; KUDO, SHOMA; KANAYA, MUNEHIDE
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-003960 · Jan 14, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160052286A1 · Feb 25, 2016