Liquid storage bottle, liquid storage bottle package, and method of manufacturing liquid storage bottle package

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9908338-B2
Application number	US-201615274806-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2016
Priority date	Oct 30, 2015
Publication date	Mar 6, 2018
Grant date	Mar 6, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a liquid storage bottle capable of suppressing a decrease in degree of internal pressure reduction with a simple configuration. The liquid storage bottle includes: a main body portion configured to store a liquid; a nozzle portion configured to discharge the liquid stored in the main body portion; a cap mounted on the nozzle portion; a space portion formed between the nozzle portion and the cap; and a communicating portion configured to allow the space portion to communicate with outside of the liquid storage bottle. The nozzle portion includes a contact portion which comes into contact with the cap in a state in which the cap is mounted on the nozzle portion, and the communicating portion is a groove portion formed by cutting out a part of the contact portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid storage bottle, comprising:
a main body portion configured to store a liquid;
a nozzle portion configured to discharge the liquid stored in the main body portion;
a cap mounted on the nozzle portion;
a space portion formed between the nozzle portion and the cap; and
a communicating portion configured to allow the space portion to communicate with outside of the liquid storage bottle,
wherein the nozzle portion includes a contact portion which comes into contact with the cap in a state in which the cap is mounted on the nozzle portion, and the communicating portion is a groove portion formed by cutting out a part of the contact portion.

2. The liquid storage bottle according to claim 1 , wherein the nozzle portion has a screw structure configured to screw the nozzle portion into the cap, and the contact portion is formed along a periphery of the nozzle portion at an end portion of the screw structure.

3. The liquid storage bottle according to claim 1 , wherein the cap is screwed onto the nozzle portion to be mounted on the nozzle portion.

4. A liquid storage bottle for an inkjet printer, comprising:
a main body portion configured to store a liquid;
a nozzle portion configured to discharge the liquid stored in the main body portion;
a cap mounted on the nozzle portion;
a space portion formed between the nozzle portion and the cap; and
a communicating portion configured to allow the space portion to communicate with outside of the liquid storage bottle,
wherein the nozzle portion includes a contact portion which comes into contact with the cap in a state in which the cap is mounted on the nozzle portion, and the communicating portion is a groove portion formed by cutting out a part of the contact portion, and
wherein the liquid stored in the main body portion is charged into a liquid tank of an inkjet printer.

5. The liquid storage bottle for an inkjet printer according to claim 4 , wherein the nozzle portion has a screw structure configured to screw the nozzle portion into the cap, and the contact portion is formed along a periphery of the nozzle portion at an end portion of the screw structure.

6. The liquid storage bottle for an inkjet printer according to claim 4 , wherein the cap is screwed onto the nozzle portion to be mounted on the nozzle portion.

7. A liquid storage bottle package, comprising:
a liquid storage bottle comprising:
a main body portion configured to store a liquid;
a nozzle portion configured to discharge the liquid stored in the main body portion;
a cap mounted on the nozzle portion;
a space portion formed between the nozzle portion and the cap; and
a communicating portion configured to allow the space portion to communicate with outside of the liquid storage bottle,

wherein the nozzle portion includes a contact portion which comes into contact with the cap in a state in which the cap is mounted on the nozzle portion, and the communicating portion is a groove portion formed by cutting out a part of the contact portion; and
a bag configured to accommodate the liquid storage bottle,
wherein the bag has an internal air pressure lower than atmospheric pressure.

8. The liquid storage bottle package according to claim 7 , wherein the nozzle portion has a screw structure configured to screw the nozzle portion into the cap, and the contact portion is formed along a periphery of the nozzle portion at an end portion of the screw structure.

9. The liquid storage bottle package according to claim 7 , wherein the cap is screwed onto the nozzle portion to be mounted on the nozzle portion.

10. The liquid storage bottle package according to claim 7 , wherein the main body portion has an internal air pressure lower than atmospheric pressure and higher than the internal air pressure of the bag.

11. The liquid storage bottle package according to claim 7 , wherein a ratio of an air volume in the space portion to an air volume inside the bag excluding the air volume in the space portion is in a range of from 1:1.6 to 1:3.2.

12. The liquid storage bottle package according to claim 10 , wherein a ratio of an air volume in the space portion to an air volume inside the bag excluding the air volume in the space portion is in a range of from 1:1.6 to 1:3.2.

13. A method of manufacturing a liquid storage bottle package, comprising:
preparing a liquid storage bottle, the liquid storage bottle comprising:
a main body portion configured to store a liquid;
a nozzle portion configured to discharge the liquid stored in the main body portion;
a cap mounted on the nozzle portion;
a space portion formed between the nozzle portion and the cap; and
a communicating portion configured to allow the space portion to communicate with outside,
the nozzle portion including a contact portion which comes into contact with the cap in a state in which the cap is mounted on the nozzle portion, and the communicating portion being a groove portion formed by cutting out a part of the contact portion;

accommodating the liquid storage bottle in a bag; and
sucking out air inside the bag to reduce an internal air pressure of the bag to a level lower than atmospheric pressure.

14. The liquid storage bottle according to claim 1 , wherein the space portion communicates with the outside through the communicating portion and a gap between the nozzle and the cap.

15. The liquid storage bottle for an inkjet printer according to claim 4 , wherein the space portion communicates with the outside through the communicating portion and a gap between the nozzle and the cap.

16. The liquid storage bottle package according to claim 7 , wherein the space portion communicates with the outside through the communicating portion and a gap between the nozzle and the cap.

17. The method of manufacturing a liquid storage bottle package according to claim 13 , wherein the space portion communicates with the outside through the communicating portion and a gap between the nozzle and the cap.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Koshikawa Hiroshi
• Kotaki Yasuo
• Udagawa Kenta
• Takahashi Wataru
• Kubo Koichi
• Nabeshima Naozumi
• Kondo Soji
• Yoshii Kazuya
• Kanno Kenichi

Classifications

• B41J2/17559 Primary

  Cartridge manufacturing · CPC title

• B41J2/17533

  Storage or packaging of ink cartridges · CPC title

• B41J2/17553 Primary

  Outer structure · CPC title

• B41J29/02

  Framework · CPC title

• B41J2/17506

  Refilling of the cartridge · CPC title