US 12,441,114 B2
Liquid replenishing bottle, liquid replenishing system, and liquid storage container
Norihisa Okuyama, Kanagawa (JP); Junichiro Iri, Kanagawa (JP); and Yusuke Hashimoto, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/829,701.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-098816 (JP), filed on Jun. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0396089 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B43K 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17506 (2013.01) [B43K 11/005 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid replenishing bottle configured to replenish recording liquid to a liquid discharging device, wherein the liquid discharging device includes (A) a recording head and (B) a liquid storage container for supplying the recording liquid to the recording head, and wherein the liquid storage container includes (1) a liquid storage portion containing the recording liquid replenished from the liquid replenishing bottle and (2) a receiving portion being provided on an upper side of the liquid storage portion, the liquid replenishing bottle comprising:
a holding portion that holds the recording liquid to be replenished to the liquid discharging device; and
an injecting portion for insertion into the receiving portion in an inserting direction having a gravity direction component,
wherein the injecting portion includes (1) an opening to discharge the recording liquid in the holding portion and (2) an engaging portion that is engageable with an engaged portion of the receiving portion,
wherein the opening is opened in a direction intersecting with the inserting direction, and
wherein the engaging portion positions the injecting portion with respect to the receiving portion so that the opening faces a predetermined direction with respect to an inner wall of the receiving portion.