Liquid container and liquid-ejecting apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsMasahiro Nakamura, Seiji Mochizuki, Yoshio Miyazawa
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Abstract
A liquid container includes a liquid-containing bag filled with liquid and having a supply port that discharges the liquid; an outer frame accommodating the liquid-containing bag; a detecting plate fixed on the liquid-containing bag for detection of a liquid-exhausted state; and at least one protrusion disposed on the outer frame. The protrusion regulates transfer of the detecting plate in a direction along which the liquid-containing bag is compressed when the amount of the liquid remaining in the liquid-containing bag becomes small, and ensures a space through which the liquid can flow in the liquid-containing bag.
Claims14
A liquid container comprising:
- a liquid-containing bag filled with liquid and having a supply port that discharges the liquid;
- an outer frame accommodating the liquid-containing bag;
- a detecting plate fixed on the liquid-containing bag for detection of a liquid-exhausted state;
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- at least one protrusion disposed on the outer frame, wherein
- the protrusion regulates transfer of the detecting plate in a direction along which the liquid-containing bag is compressed when the amount of the liquid remaining in the liquid-containing bag becomes small, and ensures a space through which the liquid can flow in the liquid-containing bag.
A liquid-ejecting apparatus comprising:
- an ejecting head for ejecting liquid;
- a liquid-supplying path for supplying the liquid contained in a liquid-containing bag to the ejecting head, a detecting plate being fixed on the liquid-containing bag for detection of a liquid-exhausted state;
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- at least one protrusion disposed at a position where the liquid-containing bag is installed, wherein
- the protrusion regulates transfer of the detecting plate in a direction along which the liquid-containing bag is compressed when the amount of the liquid remaining in the liquid-containing bag becomes small, and ensures a space through which the liquid can flow in the liquid-containing bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.