Liquid container, liquid supply device and liquid jet system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTakanori Matsuda, Shoma Kudo, Hidenao Suzuki, Naomi Kimura, Munehide Kanaya
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Abstract
With a conventional liquid container, it is difficult to reduce the possibility of soiling with liquid caused by liquid leakage. Provided is a liquid container including a liquid containing portion containing liquid, a liquid inlet portion receiving injection of the liquid into the liquid containing portion, an open air port that communicates with the liquid containing portion and is introducing the atmospheric air into the liquid containing portion, and a liquid absorbent material that is arranged at least in a portion of the periphery of the open air port and that is absorbing the liquid.
Claims10
A liquid container comprising:
- a liquid containing portion configured to contain a liquid;
- a liquid inlet portion configured to receive injection of the liquid into the liquid containing portion;
- an open air port that communicates with the liquid containing portion and introducing atmospheric air into the liquid containing portion;
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- a liquid absorbent material that is arranged at least in a portion of a periphery of the open air port, wherein the liquid absorbent material defines a through-hole, wherein the open air port is positioned inside of the through-hole of the liquid absorbent material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.