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US 2015/0029274 A1Published application
Liquid Storage Container And Liquid Consumption Apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsYoshiaki Shimizu, Hidetoshi Kodama
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Abstract
A liquid storage container comprises a first liquid chamber provided with a filler port, a second liquid chamber partitioned from the first liquid chamber, and communicates with the first liquid chamber via communication opening, and a float member provided in the second liquid chamber.
Claims11
A liquid storage container comprising:
- a main liquid chamber;
- a float member in the main liquid chamber;
- a liquid channel configured to flow liquid out of the main liquid chamber through a channel opening on a lower portion of the main liquid chamber, said liquid channel providing a liquid flow path from the channel opening to a liquid expelling opening;
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- a valve along the liquid channel, said valve being actuatable from within the main liquid chamber and being responsive to the float member to selectively shut off or open the flow of liquid along the liquid flow path between the channel opening and the liquid expelling opening in accordance with a float level of the float member.
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