US 12,064,974 B2
Liquid container
Akira Shiba, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/690,558.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-058383 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314632 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17566 (2013.01) [B41J 2/17553 (2013.01); B41J 2/17513 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plurality of liquid containers to be mounted on a liquid discharge apparatus, each liquid container of the plurality of liquid containers comprising:
a casing;
a pouch that is detachable from and attachable to and contained in the casing; and
a spout connected to the pouch,
wherein the casing has a rigidity that is higher than a rigidity of the pouch,
wherein the pouch and the spout each have a dimension in a direction of gravity in a posture of the liquid container that is taken when the liquid container is mounted on the liquid discharge apparatus, and the dimension of the spout is less than or equal to half the dimension of the pouch,
wherein the casings of at least two of the spouts of at least two of the plurality of liquid containers have different shapes, and
wherein the spouts of the plurality of liquid containers have different shapes corresponding to structures included in a mounting portion of the liquid discharge apparatus, and the plurality of liquid containers are mounted on the mounting portion when the shapes of the plurality of spouts match the structures of the mounting portion.