Ink bottle and bottle set
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTaku Ishizawa, Tadahiro Mizutani, Ryoichi Tanaka, Manabu Akahane, Koichi Toba, Takumi Nagashima, Yoshiaki Shimizu, Tadashi Watanabe, Noriyuki Fukasawa
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Abstract
Convenience of an ink bottle and a bottle set is improved. An ink bottle includes: a container portion that contains ink; a guiding portion that is formed in one end portion of the container portion, and includes an outflow port from which the ink in the container portion flow out; and a cover that covers at least an end portion of the container portion on the opposite side of the guiding portion.
Claims8
An ink bottle connectable to a connecting member in fluid communication with an ink tank, the connecting member being arranged in a slot portion of an adapter attached to the ink tank, the ink bottle comprising:
- a container body portion that has an end portion;
- an ink outlet forming portion connected to the end portion of the container body portion;
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- a seal member interposed between the end portion of the container body portion and the ink outlet forming portion, the seal member having an opening portion,
- the ink outlet forming portion including:
- a tubular portion having an ink outlet;
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- first and second protruding portions each connected to the tubular portion via a joint portion and each protruding in a direction of a central axis of the ink outlet and configured to be inserted in the slot portion, the joint portion defining a bottom of a gap recess provided between the tubular portion and each of the first and second protruding portions, the first and second protruding portions being arranged and configured to be point symmetrical with respect to the central axis of the ink outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.