Liquid replenishing bottle, liquid replenishing system, and liquid storage container
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNorihisa Okuyama, Junichiro Iri, Yusuke Hashimoto
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Abstract
A liquid replenishing container configured to replenish recording liquid to a liquid storage container having a receiving portion of the recording liquid, includes a holding portion that holds recording liquid to be replenished to the liquid storage container; and an injecting portion that has an opening to discharge the recording liquid in the holding portion, and that is inserted into the receiving portion of the liquid storage container, wherein the opening opens so as to face an inner wall of the receiving portion.
Claims22
A liquid replenishing bottle configured to replenish recording liquid to a liquid discharging device, wherein the liquid discharging device includes (A) a recording head and (B) a liquid storage container for supplying the recording liquid to the recording head, and wherein the liquid storage container includes (1) a liquid storage portion containing the recording liquid replenished from the liquid replenishing bottle and (2) a receiving portion being provided on an upper side of the liquid storage portion, the liquid replenishing bottle comprising:
- a holding portion that holds the recording liquid to be replenished to the liquid discharging device;
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- an injecting portion for insertion into the receiving portion in an inserting direction having a gravity direction component,
- wherein the injecting portion includes (1) an opening to discharge the recording liquid in the holding portion and (2) an engaging portion that is engageable with an engaged portion of the receiving portion,
- wherein the opening is opened in a direction intersecting with the inserting direction, and
- wherein the engaging portion positions the injecting portion with respect to the receiving portion so that the opening faces a predetermined direction with respect to an inner wall of the receiving portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.