Liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle, liquid supply apparatus, and liquid ejecting apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9409403-B2
Application number	US-201414201235-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2014
Priority date	Mar 7, 2013
Publication date	Aug 9, 2016
Grant date	Aug 9, 2016

Abstract

A case includes a main receptacle body that accommodates an ink accommodating body which accommodates ink. A first tube support portion and second to fourth tube support portions that guide connection tubes that are connected to the ink accommodating bodies, respectively, are provided on an internal surface of the main receptacle body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle comprising:
a main receptacle body defining an accommodating space therein that accommodates a liquid accommodating body which accommodates liquid, the main receptacle body having an opening portion providing access to the liquid accommodating body within the accommodating space,
a tube in fluid communication with the liquid accommodating body,
a guide portion that guides the tube, the guide portion provided on an internal surface of the main receptacle body; and
a cover member that covers the periphery of the opening portion, covers the guide portion guiding the tube, and provides access to the liquid accommodating body within the accommodating space, the cover member including a first insertion through-portion and the tube guided by the guide portion passing through the first insertion through-portion from inside the accommodating space to outside of the main receptacle body.

2. The liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first insertion through-portion, through which the tube is inserted, is provided through a wall of the main receptacle body, and
wherein the tube that passes along the guide portion goes outside of the main receptacle body through the first insertion through-portion.

3. The liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle according to claim 2 ,
wherein the guide portion guides the tube over one part of a distance from the first insertion through-portion to the liquid accommodating body.

4. The liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle according to claim 3 ,
comprising multiple liquid accommodating bodies, multiple tubes and multiple guide portions,
wherein the multiple liquid accommodating bodies are accommodated, side by side, within the main receptacle body,
wherein the multiple tubes are connected to respective liquid accommodating bodies, and are inserted through the first insertion through-portion into the main receptacle body, and
wherein the multiple guide portions correspond to and guide the multiple tubes, respectively.

5. The liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle according to claim 4 ,
wherein the lengths of the guide portions differ from one another according to the respective distances to which the tubes are guided from the respective liquid accommodating body to the first insertion through-portion.

6. The liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle according to claim 3 ,
wherein the main receptacle body includes a periphery portion defining an open portion through which the liquid accommodating bodies can be selectively installed and removed and the cover member covers the periphery portion.

7. The liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle according to claim 6 ,
wherein the cover member includes a second insertion through-portion through which the tubes are inserted.

8. The liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the guide portion is a groove on the internal surface.

9. The liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the guide portion is concave.

10. A liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle comprising:
a main receptacle body having wails with internal surfaces defining an accommodating space therein that accommodates a liquid accommodating body which accommodates liquid, the main receptacle body having an opening portion providing access to the liquid accommodating body within the accommodating space,
a tube in fluid communication with the liquid accommodating body,
a guide portion that guides the tube along the internal surface of the main receptacle body, and
a cover member that covers the guide portion guiding the tube, and provides access through the periphery of the opening portion to the liquid accommodating body within the accommodating space.

11. The liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle according to claim 10 ,
wherein a first insertion through-portion into which the tube is inserted is provided on a wall of the main receptacle body, and
wherein the tube that passes along the guide portion goes outside of the main receptacle body through the first insertion through-portion.

12. The liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle according to claim 11 ,
wherein the guide portion guides the tube over one part of a distance from the first insertion through-portion to the liquid accommodating body.

13. The liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle according to claim 12 ,
comprising multiple liquid accommodating bodies accommodated side by side within the main receptacle body,
wherein there are multiple tubes that correspond to the liquid accommodating bodies, respectively, inserted from the first insertion through-portion into the main receptacle body, and
wherein multiple guide portions that correspond to the multiple tubes, respectively, are provided.

14. The liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle according to claim 13 ,
wherein lengths of the guide portions differ from one another according to distances from the liquid accommodating bodies to which the tubes guided are connected, respectively, to the first insertion through-portion.

15. The liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle according to claim 10 ,
wherein the cover member covers the periphery of the opening portion.

16. The liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle according to claim 15 ,
wherein the cover member includes a second insertion through-portion through which the tube is inserted.

17. The liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle according to claim 10 ,
wherein the guide portion is a groove.

18. The liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle according to claim 10 ,
wherein the guide portion is a concave.

19. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
the liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle according to claim 1 ; and
a liquid ejecting head for ejecting the liquid which is supplied from the liquid-accommodating-body which accommodates liquid.

20. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
the liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle according to claim 10 ; and
a liquid ejecting head for ejecting the liquid which is supplied from the liquid-accommodating-body which accommodates liquid.

21. The liquid-accommodating-body accommodating receptacle according to claim 1 , further including a lid movable between an open and a closed position, which in the closed position, blocks access through the opening to the accommodating space.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Koike Yasunori
• Yoda Hiroyuki

Classifications

• B41J2/17509

  Whilst mounted in the printer · CPC title

• B41J2/175 Primary

  Ink supply systems {; Circuit parts therefor} · CPC title