US 11,981,145 B2
Printing liquid container, container set, and system including printing liquid containers and tanks
Masahiro Hayashi, Nishio (JP); Satoru Oki, Nagoya (JP); Nanami Ashida, Nagoya (JP); and Naoya Okazaki, Hashima (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/679,687.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-030269 (JP), filed on Feb. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0274416 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 29/13 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17553 (2013.01) [B41J 2/17509 (2013.01); B41J 2/17513 (2013.01); B41J 2/17536 (2013.01); B41J 2/17596 (2013.01); B41J 29/13 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing liquid container configured to fit to one of a first tank and a second tank each including a fitted portion having an injection port, the printing liquid container comprising:
a first member having a supply port communicating with an internal space; and
a second member having a valve configured to open or close the supply port,
wherein:
the first member and the second member are coupled to each other so that an entire first member or an entire second member is rotatable with respect to the other of the first member or the second member between a first state and a second state,
an internal space of the first member and an internal space of the second member constitute a storage chamber configured to store liquid,
the valve closes the supply port in the first state and opens the supply port in the second state,
one of the first member and the second member has a first fitting portion configured to fit to the fitted portion of the first tank or the second tank,
an other of the first member and the second member is rotatable with respect to the fitted portion in a state where at least a portion of the one of the first member and the second member is inserted into the fitted portion, and
the one of the first member and the second member is configured not to be rotated by the rotation of the other of the first member and the second member due to the fitting between the fitted portion and the first fitting portion.