B41J2/17523

LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER
20230099942 · 2023-03-30 ·

Disclosed is a liquid storage container comprising a liquid reservoir part holding liquid, an air communication part including an air communication port communicating with the atmosphere, an inner port communicating the liquid reservoir part with the air communication part, a seal member closing the inner port from the inside of the air communication part, a first biasing member biasing the seal member in a first direction from a first position away from the inner port toward a second position of closing the inner port, and a pressure receiving part including a protruding portion protruding from the air communication port to the outside of the air communication part, and joined to the seal member or the first biasing member. The seal member is separated from the inner port when the protruding portion of the pressure receiving part is pushed in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

Print particle replenishment device

Examples of a print particle replenishment device are described herein. Some examples of the print particle replenishment device may include an interfacing portion. Some examples of the interfacing portion may include a ramp to actuate a hinging door. In some examples, the hinging door may be on a host device receptacle.

Inkjet printhead for printing redundantly in four colors

A pagewide printhead for printing redundantly in four colors. First and second rows of printhead chips are mounted on a common ink manifold having four ink supply channels for supplying four colors of ink to the first and second rows of printhead chips. Dedicated ink outlets interconnect one ink supply channel of the ink manifold with a pair of redundant nozzle rows in each printhead chip.

Sealing member, method of manufacturing the same, pressure adjustment mechanism, liquid ejection head, and liquid ejection apparatus
11613130 · 2023-03-28 · ·

Provided is a sealing member to be used as a valve in a pressure adjustment mechanism. The sealing member includes a base member having high strength, and has high reliability. The sealing member includes an elastic member (valve portion) having an annular abutment portion (valve distal end portion) formed as an annular protrusion and the base member (lever portion). When a held portion having a tubular shape extending from the annular abutment portion is held in an annular groove formed in the base member, the elastic member is fixed to the base member. A holding length over which an annular groove holds the held portion along a depth direction of the base member is set longer than a width of the annular groove.

Liquid cartridge including IC board whose center electrode is aligned with light-blocking plate
11613128 · 2023-03-28 · ·

A liquid cartridge configured to be inserted in a frontward direction to a printer includes: a housing; a liquid supply portion; a circuit board; a plate; and a detection portion. The circuit board includes an electrode group facing upward in an upright posture of the liquid cartridge. The electrode group includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode for grounding. The first to third electrodes are arrayed in a lateral direction crossing the frontward direction and a gravitational direction such that the third electrode is positioned between the first and second electrodes. In the upright posture of the liquid cartridge, the plate and the detection portion are respectively positioned upward and rearward relative to the circuit board. Each of the third electrode and an upper portion of the plate is positioned a datum plane extending in the frontward direction and in the gravitational direction.

MANIFOLD, HEAD MODULE, LIQUID DISCHARGE UNIT, AND LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS
20230030551 · 2023-02-02 ·

A manifold includes: a liquid chamber including an elastic damper, the liquid chamber configured to store a liquid; multiple head couplers on a lower end of the liquid chamber, the multiple head couplers configured to be respectively coupled to multiple liquid discharge heads and spaced apart in a longitudinal direction of the liquid chamber; and a tank coupler on an upper end of the liquid chamber, the tank coupler configured to be coupled to a tank configured to store liquid to be supplied to or discharged from the manifold, wherein a length of the liquid chamber increases from the tank coupler on the upper end toward the multiple head couplers on the lower end of the liquid chamber.

INK REPLENISHMENT CONTAINER

There is provided an ink replenishment container for replenishing ink into an ink tank via an ink inlet flow path member having a plurality of flow paths, the ink replenishment container including a container main body, an ink outlet forming portion, and an outlet valve unit. The outlet valve unit includes a valve housing mounted to provide a gap with an inner peripheral surface of a tubular portion in the tubular portion, a sealing member, and a valve body movable between a valve close state in contact with the sealing member and a valve open state separated from the sealing member. The valve body has a partition contact portion capable of contacting a partition of the ink inlet flow path member. The valve housing has a through-hole that communicates with the gap, and the through-hole communicates with the ink inlet flow path member in the valve open state.

LIQUID HOUSING CONTAINER AND LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE
20220348020 · 2022-11-03 ·

A liquid housing container includes a container main body including a housing chamber for housing liquid therein; and a feeding port for feeding the liquid to the housing chamber, and a plug member that is attachable to and detachable from the container main body and seals the feeding port, the plug member including a cover portion for covering the feeding port from an outer side of the container main body in a mounting state, in which the plug member is mounted to the container main body, and a protruded portion that protrudes from the cover portion to an inner side of the feeding port. The protruded portion includes a liquid holding portion that is provided at a position including a distal end surface of the protruded portion and is capable of holding the liquid by capillary force.

LIQUID CARTRIDGE
20230090388 · 2023-03-23 ·

A liquid cartridge includes a valve mechanism including a pressed member configured to be movable in a predetermined depressing direction, a valve element for a communicating hole, a biasing member that biases the valve element, and a switching mechanism that restricts a movable range of the pressed member, and that switches a range of restricting the movable range. The valve element closes the communicating hole with a first depressing amount, and maintains the closed state under a second depressing amount. The restricting portion has a first restricting portion that restricts the movable range to a first movable range, and a second restricting portion that restricts the movable range to a second movable range. The switching mechanism switches the movable range from one to another of a first restricting state by the first restricting portion and a second restricting state by the second restricting portion.

LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND CARTRIDGE
20230089266 · 2023-03-23 ·

A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a storage chamber which is connectable to a cartridge storing liquid and stores liquid supplied from the cartridge; a movable member provided in the storage chamber and including a float and a detection target portion, the float being lower in specific gravity than the liquid stored in the storage chamber; and a detection unit which detects movement of the movable member by detecting the detection target portion. The detection target portion is movable from a first position to a third position through a second position. The detection unit is arranged to detect the detection target portion in a case where the detection target portion is present at the second position.