US 12,202,272 B2
Liquid discharge apparatus
Masahito Yoshida, Saitama (JP); and Kouhei Tokuda, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/057,689.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-192447 (JP), filed on Nov. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0166524 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17596 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
a container including an injection portion through which a liquid is to be injected, wherein the container is configured to store the liquid to be supplied to a liquid discharge head configured to discharge the liquid;
a passage through which the liquid is to be supplied from the container to the liquid discharge head;
a first cover portion configured to pivot on a first axis as a center between an open position of the first cover portion to allow access to the injection portion and a close position of the first cover portion not to allow access to the injection portion;
a second cover portion configured to pivot on a second axis intersecting the first axis as a center between an open position of the second cover portion to expose the first cover portion and a close position of the second cover portion to cover the first cover portion; and
a valve unit configured to switch to an open state to open the passage in a case where the second cover portion pivots from the open position to the close position.