US 12,030,318 B2
Liquid discharge apparatus, liquid container, and cleaning bottle
Kenta Takahashi, Kanagawa (JP); Takeyuki Kobayashi, Kanagawa (JP); and Kazuyoshi Matsumoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Kenta Takahashi, Kanagawa (JP); Takeyuki Kobayashi, Kanagawa (JP); and Kazuyoshi Matsumoto, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/701,681.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-051104 (JP), filed on Mar. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305797 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17506 (2013.01) [B41J 2/17503 (2013.01); B41J 2/17509 (2013.01); B41J 2/17513 (2013.01); B41J 2/17523 (2013.01); B41J 2/17553 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
multiple heads configured to respectively discharge different types of liquids; and
multiple liquid containers configured to respectively contain the different types of liquids to be respectively supplied to the multiple heads,
a cleaning bottle comprising a third connector comprising a third fitting part,
each of the multiple liquid containers comprising a first connector, the first connector comprising:
a first fitting part fittable to each of:
a second fitting part of corresponding one of multiple refill bottles respectively containing the different types of liquids to be respectively supplied to the multiple liquid containers; and
the third fitting part of the cleaning bottle containing a cleaning liquid to be supplied to each of the multiple liquid containers,
wherein the third fitting part comprises A protrusions protruding in a radial direction from an outer wall surface of the third connector, the first fitting part comprises B recesses recessing in a radial direction from an inner wall surface of the first connector, A and B each are integers, and A is smaller than B, and
the A protrusions are fittable into A recesses among the B recesses so that the third connector is connectable to the first connector of each of the multiple liquid containers.