Liquid container and manufacturing method of the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11518577-B2
Application number	US-202016807386-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2020
Priority date	Sep 12, 2017
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

A liquid container includes a container portion and a lid. The container portion includes a plurality of storage portions separated by at least one partition rib and storing liquid respectively in an isolated state. The lid bonded with the container portion so as to cover an opening region of the container portion. A plurality of project portions engaging with the partition rib so as to sandwich the partition rib from both sides of the partition rib is integrally molded with the lid. In a state in which the partition rib is engaged with the project portions, a bonding portion is filled with bonding resin so as to seal a cavity between an edge end of the partition rib and the lid and a cavity between an edge end of an outer circumference of the container portion and the lid.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid container, comprising:
a container portion comprising a plurality of storage portions separated by at least one partition rib and storing liquid respectively in an isolated state;
a lid bonded with the container portion so as to cover an opening region of the container portion;
a plurality of project portions integrally molded with the lid, the plurality of project portions sandwiching the at least one partition rib from both sides of the at least one partition rib; and
a bonding portion filled with bonding resin so as to seal between an edge end of the at least one partition rib and the lid and between an edge end of an outer circumference of the container portion and the lid.

2. The liquid container according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one partition rib comprises a plurality of partition ribs disposed within the container portion and the lid comprises the plurality of the project portions engaging with the plurality of partition ribs so as to sandwich the respective partition ribs from both sides of the partition ribs.

3. The liquid container according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of partition ribs are disposed so as to intersect with each other.

4. A manufacturing method of the liquid container according to claim 1 , the method comprising:
a first molding step of molding the container portion;
a second molding step of molding the lid; and
an insert molding step of setting the container portion and the lid molded in the first and second molding steps in insert molds and of filling the bonding portion with the bonding resin so as to seal a cavity between the edge end of the partition rib and the lid, and the cavity between an edge end of an outer circumference of the container portion and the lid.

5. The manufacturing method of the liquid container according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one partition rib comprises a plurality of partition ribs disposed within the container portion, and wherein the lid comprises the plurality of the project portions engaging with the plurality of partition ribs so as to sandwich the respective partition ribs from both sides of the partition ribs.

6. The manufacturing method of the liquid container according to claim 5 , wherein the plurality of partition ribs is disposed so as to intersect with each other.

7. The liquid container according to claim 1 , wherein the lid has a cavity for filling the bonding resin between the edge end of the outer circumference and the lid.

8. The liquid container according to claim 7 , wherein a width of the cavity is smaller than a width of the edge end of the outer circumference.

9. The liquid container according to claim 1 , wherein the container portion is configured to store liquid.

10. The liquid container according to claim 1 , wherein the lid has a cavity for filling the bonding resin between the partition rib and the lid.

11. A liquid container, comprising:
a container portion comprising a plurality of storage portions separated by at least one partition rib and storing liquid respectively in an isolated state;
a lid bonded with the container portion so as to cover an opening region of the container portion; and
a bonding portion filled with bonding resin so as to seal between the at least one partition rib and the lid,
wherein the lid has a cavity for filling the bonding resin between the at least one partition rib and the lid, and
wherein a width of the cavity is smaller than a width of the at least one partition rib.

12. The liquid container according to claim 11 , wherein the lid has a cavity for filling the bonding resin between an edge end of an outer circumference and the lid.

13. The liquid container according to claim 11 , further comprising:
a plurality of project portions integrally molded with the lid, the plurality of project portions sandwiching the at least one partition rib from both sides of the at least one partition rib.

14. The liquid container according to claim 7 , wherein the cavity is provided along an outer circumference of the lid.

15. The manufacturing method of the liquid container according to claim 4 , wherein the lid is provided with a hole penetrating through the lid, and
wherein in the insert molding step, the bonding portion is filled with the bonding resin through the hole.

16. The liquid container according to claim 10 , wherein a width of the cavity is smaller than a width of the partition rib.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Suzuki Kazunori
• Ogawa Norio

Classifications

• B29L2031/265

  Packings, Gaskets · CPC title

• B65D25/04 Primary

  Partitions · CPC title

• B41J2/17503

  Ink cartridges · CPC title

• B29C45/14467

  Joining articles or parts of a single article (B29C45/14377, B29C45/14385, B29C45/14581, B29C45/14614 and B29C45/006 take precedence) · CPC title

• B29L2031/712

  Containers; Packaging elements or accessories, Packages (closures therefor B29L2031/56; ink or toner cartridges B29L2031/7678; squeeze tubes B29L2023/20; suitcases B29L2031/7418) · CPC title