US 12,296,596 B2
Liquid containment bottle and liquid supply apparatus
Naoya Okazaki, Hashima (JP); Satoru Oki, Nagoya (JP); Nanami Abe, Niigata (JP); and Masahiro Hayashi, Nishio (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/823,140.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-141989 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0061040 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/1752 (2013.01) [B41J 2/1754 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid containment bottle comprising a bottle body, the bottle body being formed with an internal space in which liquid to be supplied to a tank of a liquid consuming apparatus is contained, wherein
the bottle body has:
an upper surface;
a nozzle projecting upward from the upper surface, the nozzle having a forward end surface in which an opening is formed;
a circular wall which is positioned in a surrounding of the nozzle with a spacing distance from the nozzle, and which projects upward from the upper surface; and
a key member which is formed in the circular wall and which is configured to conform to a receiver key member provided on a surrounding of a supply port of the tank,
the circular wall includes a curved plate and a connecting plate which are connected to each other, the curved plate having a circular arc shape,
the connecting plate has an outer surface extending in a direction crossing the upper surface, and
the key member is a projecting part projecting from the outer surface of the connecting plate, a recessed part recessed from the outer surface of the connecting plate, or both of the projecting part and the recessed part.