US 12,325,241 B2
Pouch, cartridge, and printer
Hideki Hayashi, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/191,146.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-058636 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311525 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17513 (2013.01) [B41J 2002/17516 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pouch configured to accommodate one of ink, nozzle cleaning liquid or preserving liquid and configured to be foldable from an expanded state in which the pouch has a thickness in a first direction to a shrunk state in which the pouch has a planar shape, the pouch comprising:
a body portion provided with a first edge and a second edge in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction;
a gusset formed at an end portion of the body portion in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction; and
a spout inserting portion formed at one end edge of the gusset in the first direction,
wherein the spout inserting portion is formed at a position shifted to the first edge with respect to a center between the first edge and the second edge in the second direction.