Liquid containing bag, liquid cartridge, image forming device, and sealing method and sealing apparatus for the liquid containing bag
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsTakanori Tsuyuki, Masami Iguchi, Moriaki Saitoh, Hideki Sugiyama, Kiyohiro Uehara
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Abstract
A liquid containing bag includes a liquid filling opening part having a tube configuration through which an inside of the liquid containing bag is filled with liquid. The liquid filling opening part is melt-sealed from directions which face each other in a part of the liquid filling opening part. The part which is melted has a non-symmetrical configuration.
Claims10
A sealing method for sealing a liquid filling opening part of a liquid containing bag, the liquid filling opening part having a tube configuration through which an inside of the liquid containing bag is filled with liquid, comprising:
- a step of melt-sealing the liquid filling opening part by pushing melt-fusing heads, whose temperatures are different, from two directions which face each other to the liquid filling opening part.
A sealing apparatus for sealing a liquid filling opening part of a liquid containing bag, the liquid filling opening part having a tube configuration through which an inside of the liquid containing bag is filled with liquid, comprising:
- at least two melt-fusing heads which are moveable and face each other;
- wherein the liquid filling opening part is put between the melt-fusing heads, the temperatures of the melt-fusing heads are different, and
- the liquid filling opening part is melt-sealed by pushing the melt-fusing heads to the liquid filling opening part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.