Liquid housing container and liquid supply apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHikaru Ueda
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Abstract
The present invention provides a durable liquid housing container and a durable liquid supply apparatus which use a gas-liquid separation membrane. Thus, a gas-liquid separation membrane (2) located at an air vent in a liquid housing container (1) includes a fibril portion (2A) composed of fibrous portions and an annular node portion (2B) which bundles the ends of fibrous portions of the fibril portion (2A) and which is closed so as to surround the fibril portion (2A).
Claims8
A liquid housing container having an opening at which a gas-liquid separation membrane allowing a gas to pass trough while limiting passage of a liquid can be located,
- wherein the gas-liquid separation membrane includes a fibrous area comprising fibrous portions and an annular bundling area which bundles ends of the fibrous portions and which are closed so as to surround the fibrous area.
A liquid supply apparatus having, in a liquid supply path, an opening at which a gas-liquid separation membrane allowing a gas to pass trough while limiting passage of a liquid can be located,
- wherein the gas-liquid separation membrane includes a fibrous area comprising fibrous portions and an annular bundling area which bundles ends of the fibrous portions and which is closed so as to surround the fibrous area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.