US 12,257,844 B2
Liquid storage container
Hiroaki Kusano, Tokyo (JP); Junichiro Iri, Kanagawa (JP); Yusuke Hashimoto, Kanagawa (JP); Tomohisa Atsuta, Tokyo (JP); and Masatomo Ojima, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/301,901.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-078966 (JP), filed on May 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0364917 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17513 (2013.01) [B41J 2/17556 (2013.01); B41J 2/1754 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid storage container comprising:
a liquid absorber configured to absorb and hold a liquid;
a storage portion storing the liquid absorber, and having an opening portion facing a first surface of the liquid absorber;
a lid member configured to cover the opening portion of the storage portion;
a plurality of ribs provided on an inner surface of the lid member that is located closer to the storage portion, wherein the plurality of ribs is in contact with the first surface of the liquid absorber in a state where the opening portion is covered by the lid member;
an air communication port provided in the lid member so that an internal space of the storage portion communicates with air; and
at least one first liquid holding path provided on at least one rib adjacent to the air communication port among the plurality of ribs, and extending toward the lid member from a contact surface of the at least one rib that is in contact with the first surface,
wherein the at least one first liquid holding path is configured to hold a liquid that has oozed from the first surface of the liquid absorber.