LIQUID CONTAINER, CONTAINER HOLDER AND LIQUID CONSUMING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A liquid container detachably mounted on a container mounting portion of a liquid consuming apparatus, comprising:
- a container body for storing a liquid to be supplied to the liquid consuming apparatus and having a substantially rectangular shape;
a liquid supply port for sending out the liquid to be supplied to the liquid consuming apparatus and that is formed on a front end surface in an insertion direction of the container body;
a circuit board having a contact point with the liquid consuming apparatus and that is formed on one side surface perpendicular to one short side of the front end surface; and
a container fixation structure for releasably regulating a movement of the container body in a direction opposite to the insertion direction thereof in cooperation with an apparatus fixation structure formed on the container mounting portion and that is formed on the other side surface perpendicular to the other short side of the front end surface in a state where the container body is mounted on the container mounting portion against an urging force in the direction opposite to the insertion direction.
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Abstract
A liquid container that has a container body storing a liquid to be supplied to a liquid consuming apparatus and that is detachably mounted on a container mounting portion of the liquid consuming apparatus, wherein a liquid supply port for sending out the liquid to be supplied to the liquid consuming apparatus is formed on a front end surface in an insertion direction of the container body having a substantially rectangular shape, wherein a circuit board having a contact point with the liquid consuming apparatus is formed on one side surface perpendicular to one corresponding short side of the front end surface in the insertion direction, and wherein a container fixation structure for releasably regulating a movement of the container body in a direction opposite to the insertion direction thereof in cooperation with an apparatus fixation structure formed on the container mounting portion is formed on the other side surface perpendicular to the other corresponding short side of the front end surface in the insertion direction in a state where the container body is mounted on the container mounting portion against an urging force in the direction opposite to the insertion direction.
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Citations
23 Claims
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1. A liquid container detachably mounted on a container mounting portion of a liquid consuming apparatus, comprising:
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a container body for storing a liquid to be supplied to the liquid consuming apparatus and having a substantially rectangular shape; a liquid supply port for sending out the liquid to be supplied to the liquid consuming apparatus and that is formed on a front end surface in an insertion direction of the container body; a circuit board having a contact point with the liquid consuming apparatus and that is formed on one side surface perpendicular to one short side of the front end surface; and a container fixation structure for releasably regulating a movement of the container body in a direction opposite to the insertion direction thereof in cooperation with an apparatus fixation structure formed on the container mounting portion and that is formed on the other side surface perpendicular to the other short side of the front end surface in a state where the container body is mounted on the container mounting portion against an urging force in the direction opposite to the insertion direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A liquid consuming apparatus comprising:
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a liquid ejecting head for ejecting a liquid; a plurality of liquid containers each storing the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting head therein and having a substantially rectangular shape; and a plurality of container mounting portions mounted with the plurality of liquid containers, wherein the plurality of liquid containers each has a circuit board with at least one electrode, a container fixation structure, a substantially rectangular front end surface being a front end when each liquid container is mounted on the corresponding container mounting portion, a first side surface intersecting a first short side of the substantially rectangular shape, a second side surface intersecting a second short side of the substantially rectangular shape, and a liquid supply port disposed on the front end surface, wherein an apparatus terminal coming in contact with a contact point of the electrode so as to be electrically connected to the electrode and an apparatus fixation structure are disposed on each container mounting portion, wherein each liquid container is mounted on the corresponding container mounting portion so that one of the first and second side surfaces becomes a top surface and the other thereof becomes a bottom surface, wherein the circuit board is disposed on the first side surface, wherein the container fixation structure is disposed on the second side surface, wherein the apparatus terminal is disposed above the circuit board when each liquid container is mounted so that the first side surface becomes the top surface or the apparatus terminal is disposed below the circuit board when each liquid container is mounted so that the first side surface becomes the bottom surface, and wherein the apparatus fixation structure is disposed below the container fixation structure when each liquid container is mounted so that the second side surface becomes the bottom surface or the apparatus fixation structure is disposed above the container fixation structure when each liquid container is mounted so that the second side surface becomes the top surface. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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Specification