US 12,304,211 B2
Liquid storage container and recording apparatus
Satoru Takahashi, Kanagawa (JP); Junichiro Iri, Kanagawa (JP); Hiroaki Kusano, Tokyo (JP); Isao Otani, Kanagawa (JP); and Naruyuki Nojo, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/353,828.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-115189 (JP), filed on Jul. 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0025179 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17513 (2013.01) [B41J 2/17553 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17516 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid storage container attachable to and detachable from a recording apparatus that performs recording by ejecting liquid onto a recording material, the liquid storage container comprising:
a liquid storage bag that includes a supply port for supplying liquid to a port to be supplied of the recording apparatus, is configured to store liquid, and is made of a flexible film;
an opening and closing body movable between an open position that allows liquid to be supplied from the supply port to the port to be supplied and a closed position that closes the supply port;
a handle configured to move the opening and closing body between the open position and the closed position; and
a lock mechanism configured to lock the opening and closing body in the closed position so as to permit the opening and closing body to move to the open position only in a case where the liquid storage container is in an attached state in which the liquid storage container is attached to the recording apparatus.