Liquid housing body and method for manufacturing the same
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKiyoteru Katsuki
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Abstract
A liquid housing body includes a bag that is flexible and that houses a liquid therein, a liquid lead-out member that is attached to an end of the bag and that includes a liquid lead-out portion for leading the liquid in the bag to a liquid ejecting apparatus, a spacer member disposed in the bag, and a filter unit that has a thickness smaller than the spacer member, that is disposed between the liquid lead-out member and the spacer member in the bag, and that supplies the liquid to the liquid lead-out member through a filter, in which, in a use state of the liquid housing body, the liquid lead-out member, the filter unit, and the spacer member are aligned in a horizontal direction.
Claims20
A liquid housing body comprising:
- a bag that is flexible and that houses a liquid therein;
- a liquid lead-out member that is attached to an end of the bag and that includes a liquid lead-out portion for leading the liquid in the bag to a liquid ejecting apparatus;
- a spacer member disposed in the bag;
- and
- a filter unit that is disposed between the liquid lead-out member and the spacer member in the bag and that supplies the liquid to the liquid lead-out member through a filter,
- wherein in a use state of the liquid housing body, the liquid lead-out member, the filter unit, and the spacer member are aligned in a horizontal direction,
- the filter unit is attached to the liquid lead-out member by press-fitting a projecting portion formed in the liquid lead-out member into a recessed portion formed in the filter unit, and
- at least a portion of the liquid lead-out member and at least a portion of the filter unit are welded to the bag.
A liquid housing body comprising:
- a bag that is flexible and that houses a liquid therein;
- a liquid lead-out member that is attached to an end of the bag and that includes a liquid lead-out portion for leading the liquid in the bag to a liquid ejecting apparatus;
- a spacer member disposed in the bag;
- and
- a filter unit that is disposed between the liquid lead-out member and the spacer member in the bag and that supplies the liquid to the liquid lead-out member through a filter,
- wherein in a use state of the liquid housing body, the liquid lead-out member, the filter unit, and the spacer member are aligned in a horizontal direction, and
- a rib inclined with respect to the horizontal direction in an upright state in which the liquid lead-out portion faces upward and the spacer member faces downward is provided on an outer surface of the filter unit.
A liquid housing body comprising:
- a bag that is flexible and that houses a liquid therein;
- a liquid lead-out member that is attached to an end of the bag and that includes a liquid lead-out portion for leading the liquid in the bag to a liquid ejecting apparatus;
- a spacer member disposed in the bag;
- a filter unit that is disposed between the liquid lead-out member and the spacer member in the bag and that supplies the liquid to the liquid lead-out member through a filter;
- and
- a liquid lead-out tube that enables the filter unit and a lead-in port for introducing the liquid in the bag to communicate with each other,
- wherein in a use state of the liquid housing body, the liquid lead-out member, the filter unit, and the spacer member are aligned in a horizontal direction, and
- the spacer member has the lead-in port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.