Liquid container and liquid supply apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTakumi NAGASHIMA
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Abstract
An ink container that is attachable to and detachable from a liquid supply apparatus that supplies ink to a liquid injection apparatus. The ink container includes: an ink container part that houses ink; a handle unit that is located at an end of the ink container part; and an ink outlet part that is provided on the handle unit and that is in communication with an inside of the ink container part via the handle unit. The ink outlet part is located on a portion of the handle unit that is on an opposite side to the ink container part side.
Claims8
A liquid container that is attachable to and detachable from a liquid supply apparatus that supplies a liquid to a liquid injection apparatus, the liquid container comprising:
- a liquid container part that houses the liquid;
- a handle part that is located at an end of the liquid container part;
- and
- a liquid outlet part that is provided on the handle part and that is in communication with an inside of the liquid container part via the handle part,
- wherein the liquid outlet part is located on a portion of the handle part that is on an opposite side to the liquid container part side.
A liquid container that is attachable to and detachable from a liquid supply apparatus that supplies a liquid to a liquid injection apparatus, the liquid container comprising:
- a liquid container part that houses the liquid;
- and
- a liquid outlet part that is in communication with an inside of the liquid container part,
- wherein a handle part is formed at an end of the liquid container part, and
- the liquid outlet part is provided on the handle part.
A liquid supply apparatus to which a liquid container that houses a liquid is to be detachably attached, and that is capable of supplying the liquid housed in the liquid container to a liquid injection apparatus,
- wherein the liquid container includes:
- a liquid container part that is capable of housing the liquid;
- a handle part that is located at an end of the liquid container part;
- and a liquid outlet part that is provided on the handle part and that is in communication with an inside of the liquid container part via the handle part,
- the liquid outlet part is located on a portion of the handle part that is on an opposite side to the liquid container part side,
- the liquid supply apparatus includes:
- a liquid inlet part to which the liquid inside the liquid container part is supplied from the liquid outlet part;
- and a movable supporting part that supports the handle part so as to be attachable and detachable,
- the handle part includes a first engaging part that is engageable with the movable supporting part,
- a first engaged part with which the first engaging part of the handle part engages is formed in the movable supporting part, and
- in a state where the first engaging part of the handle part engages with the first engaged part, the movable supporting part is displaceable from a release position to a connected position, the release position being a position in which the liquid outlet part and the liquid inlet part are spaced apart from each other, and the connected position being a position in which the liquid outlet part and the liquid inlet part are connected to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.