Liquid container
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsMasahiro Karasawa, Kazuyuki Hirata
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Abstract
A liquid container includes: a bag having flexibility configured to store liquid inside; a liquid outlet member attached to one end of the bag and having a liquid outlet section to discharge the liquid to a liquid ejecting apparatus; a spacer member disposed in the bag, the spacer member including a filter chamber in which a filter that filters the liquid is disposed; and a liquid outlet pipe disposed in the bag and coupled to the filter chamber and the liquid outlet member, the liquid outlet pipe being configured to flow the liquid filtered by the filter to the liquid outlet section. The liquid outlet pipe has flexibility.
Claims2
A liquid container comprising:
- a bag having flexibility configured to store liquid inside;
- a liquid outlet member attached to one end of the bag and having a liquid outlet section to discharge the liquid to a liquid ejecting apparatus;
- a spacer member disposed in the bag, the spacer member including a filter chamber in which a filter that filters the liquid is disposed;
- a liquid outlet pipe disposed in the bag and coupled to the filter chamber and the liquid outlet member, the liquid outlet pipe being configured to flow the liquid filtered by the filter to the liquid outlet section;
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- a liquid flow path section in which a flow path for the liquid is formed, the liquid flow path section being provided separately from the liquid outlet section and communicating with an inside of the bag, wherein
- the liquid outlet pipe has flexibility, and
- the liquid flow path section is mounted on the other end of the bag, opposed to the one end of the bag.
A liquid container comprising:
- a bag having flexibility configured to store liquid inside;
- a liquid outlet member attached to one end of the bag and having a liquid outlet section to discharge the liquid to a liquid ejecting apparatus;
- a spacer member disposed in the bag, the spacer member including a filter chamber in which a filter that filters the liquid is disposed;
- a liquid outlet pipe disposed in the bag and coupled to the filter chamber and the liquid outlet member, the liquid outlet pipe being configured to flow the liquid filtered by the filter to the liquid outlet section;
- a liquid flow path section in which a flow path for the liquid is formed, the liquid flow path section being provided separately from the liquid outlet section and communicating with an inside of the bag;
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- an adapter detachably attached to the liquid outlet member, the adapter being configured to couple the liquid outlet member to the liquid ejecting apparatus, wherein
- the liquid outlet pipe has flexibility,
- the liquid flow path section is formed in the liquid outlet member,
- the liquid flow path section has a flow path port which is opened in a surface of the liquid outlet member, and
- the adapter has an occluded section that covers the flow path port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.