Holder having detachable liquid housing container, and liquid housing container
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsHidetoshi Kodama, Izumi Nozawa
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Abstract
A liquid housing container in which a liquid to be supplied to a head can be stored may be attached to or detached from a holder, which is provided to a liquid ejecting device having the head for ejecting a liquid. The holder has a rotation point where the mounted liquid housing container may be rotated in a predetermined so as to be detached from the holder.
Claims20
A holder provided to a liquid ejecting device having a head for ejecting a liquid and a liquid housing container capable of storing a liquid to be supplied to the head is attachable to or detachable from the holder,
- wherein the holder has a rotation point for rotating the mounted liquid housing container in a predetermined direction so as to be detached from the holder.
A liquid housing container which is attachable to and detachable from a liquid ejecting device having a head for ejecting a liquid, the liquid housing container comprising:
- a container body which forms a liquid receiving chamber for receiving a liquid therein and includes a first wall surface portion which becomes a bottom surface when the liquid ejecting device is mounted to a holder, a second wall surface portion connected to the first wall surface portion, and a third wall surface portion connected to the first wall surface portion to face the second wall surface portion;
- and
- an elastic portion having one end mounted to the second wall surface portion and having elasticity, the elastic portion being used for attachment to or detachment from the holder,
- wherein the elastic portion includes:
- a container-side regulating unit engaged with the holder to regulate the movement of the liquid housing container;
- and
- an engagement releasing unit provided above the container-side regulating unit and elastically deformed by an external force added thereto in a direction of pressing against the second wall surface portion to release the engagement, the engagement releasing unit allowing the liquid housing container to be detached from the holder by rotating the liquid housing container centered around a rotation point which is a contact portion of the third wall surface portion and the holder located below the engagement point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.