US 11,912,040 B2
Replenishable liquid storage tank including backpressure application member, and image-forming apparatus provided with the same
Fumio Nakazawa, Okazaki (JP); Tsuyoshi Kuwayama, Kasugai (JP); and Yoshinori Osakabe, Seto (JP)
Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/562,601.
Application 17/562,601 is a continuation of application No. 16/805,264, filed on Feb. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,225,084.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-066702 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2019; and application No. 2019-066703 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0118768 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17556 (2013.01) [B41J 2/17513 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A replenishing-type liquid storage tank comprising:
a tank body in which liquid is replenishable and configured to store the liquid therein; and
a backpressure application member accommodated in the tank body to apply backpressure to the liquid stored in the tank body,
wherein the tank body defines therein a liquid storage portion configured to store the liquid and an accommodating portion in which the backpressure application member is accommodated, the accommodating portion having an upper wall that is positioned higher than an upper wall of the liquid storage portion, and
wherein the backpressure application member has a portion that is positioned higher than an outer surface of the upper wall of the liquid storage portion and a liquid level of a maximum tolerable amount of the liquid storable in the tank body.