Liquid storage container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11760101-B2
Application number	US-202117370955-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2021
Priority date	Jul 16, 2020
Publication date	Sep 19, 2023
Grant date	Sep 19, 2023

Abstract

A liquid storage container includes: a discharge port member including a discharge port through which liquid stored in a storage portion is discharged and a coupling portion in which a male thread portion is arranged on the outside; and a cover portion including a female thread portion on the inside and configured to be attachable to the discharge port member, the female thread portion configured to be screwed to the male thread portion, in which the male thread portion is discontinuous in the coupling portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid storage container comprising:
a discharge port member including a discharge port through which liquid stored in a storage portion can be discharged and a coupling portion in which a male thread portion is arranged on the outside; and
a cover portion including a female thread portion on the inside and configured to be attachable to the discharge port member, the female thread portion configured to be screwed to the male thread portion, wherein
the male thread portion is discontinuous in the coupling portion in that threads thereof are not continuously formed over the entire outside periphery of the discharge port member.

2. The liquid storage container according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling portion includes a recess portion at least partially in a portion where the male thread portion is discontinuous.

3. The liquid storage container according to claim 2 , wherein a distance between the recess portion and an arc of a circle formed according to a diameter of a portion of the coupling portion excluding a projecting portion of the male thread portion is 0.5 mm or more, the arc corresponding to the recess portion.

4. The liquid storage container according to claim 2 , wherein
the liquid stored in the storage portion is liquid with which a liquid tank of a liquid ejecting apparatus is to be replenished, the liquid ejecting apparatus configured to eject the liquid, and
the recess portion of the coupling portion is configured to engage with a protruding portion provided in a socket provided to surround the outside of the liquid tank.

5. The liquid storage container according to claim 4 , wherein the recess portion is configured to engage with the protruding portion in replenishment of the liquid tank with the liquid.

6. The liquid storage container according to claim 4 , wherein
the liquid ejecting apparatus includes a plurality of the liquid tanks, and the sockets of the respective liquid tanks vary in shape, and
the recess portion of the coupling portion is capable of engaging only with the protruding portion formed in the socket of one of the plurality of liquid tanks and not to engage with the protruding portions formed in the sockets of the other liquid tanks.

7. The liquid storage container according to claim 4 , wherein
the coupling portion includes a plurality of the recess portions, and
is configured such that at least one of the recess portions engages with the protruding portion and the other recess portions do not engage with the protruding portion.

8. The liquid storage container according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of recess portions are rotationally symmetric by 180° about a center of a circle formed according to a diameter of a portion of the coupling portion excluding a projecting portion of the male thread portion.

9. The liquid storage container according to claim 4 , wherein
the socket of the liquid tank includes a plurality of the protruding portions,
the coupling portion includes a plurality of the recess portions, and
the plurality of the recess portions are configured to engage with the plurality of protruding portions, respectively.

10. The liquid storage container according to claim 2 , wherein a proportion of the recess portion to a circle formed according to a diameter of a portion of the coupling portion excluding a projecting portion of the male thread portion is 10% or more and 90% or less.

11. The liquid storage container according to claim 2 , wherein a proportion of the recess portion to a circle formed according to a diameter of a portion of the coupling portion excluding a projecting portion of the male thread portion is 20% or more and 70% or less.

12. The liquid storage container according to claim 2 , wherein the recess portion is recessed from a circle formed according to a diameter of a portion of the coupling portion excluding a projecting portion of the male thread portions.

13. The liquid storage container according to claim 1 , further comprising a sealing portion formed of a contact portion between the cover portion and the discharge port member.

14. The liquid storage container according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid storage container is configured to contain an ink.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Nagaoka Kyosuke
• Inoue Ryoji
• Nagai Noriyasu
• Udagawa Kenta
• Matsumura Hideaki
• Maruyama Taiji

Classifications

• B41J2/17503 Primary

  Ink cartridges · CPC title

• B41J2/17506 Primary

  Refilling of the cartridge · CPC title

• B41J2/17513 Primary

  Inner structure · CPC title

• B41J2/17509 Primary

  Whilst mounted in the printer · CPC title

• B41J2/17553

  Outer structure · CPC title