Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Kyosuke Nagaoka

Ryoji Inoue

Takashi Fukushima

Yasuo Kotaki

Tetsuya Ohashi

Takeho Miyashita

Hironori Murakami

Noriyasu Nagai

Kenta Udagawa

Toshihiko Ujita

Akihiko Shimomura

Naozumi Nabeshima

Toshiaki Tokisawa

Kenichi Kanno

Takayuki Tanno

Hideaki Matsumura

Taiji Maruyama

Keiichiro Tsukuda

Kazuya Yoshii

Masako Shimomura

Koichi Kubo

Isamu Horiuchi

Hitoshi Takada

Hyou Takahashi

Takashi Fukishima

A liquid ejection apparatus includes: an ejection head; a liquid reservoir; and a pressure control mechanism controlling a pressure of liquid supplied from the liquid reservoir and supplying the ejection head with liquid, the pressure control mechanism including a pressure chamber with the ejection head, a lever member connected to the valve element at a load and connectable to a pressure receiving member for a pressure of the pressure chamber at an effort, and a biasing mechanism biasing the valve element at the load of the lever member, the pressure control mechanism controlling a pressure of the pressure chamber. In the pressure control mechanism, a lever ratio, which is a ratio of a distance between the effort and fulcrum of the lever member to a distance between the load and fulcrum of the lever member, is greater than 1 and less than 5.

Liquid ejection apparatus and head unit

A liquid refill container for refilling a liquid discharge apparatus with liquid includes a liquid storage portion, a pouring portion, and a cap portion. The liquid storage portion is made of a metal and contains liquid. The pouring portion is removeably connected to the liquid storage portion and has an outlet for pouring the liquid. The cap portion is removeably attached to the pouring portion and covers the outlet.

Liquid refill container for refilling liquid discharge apparatus with liquid, and reuse system using liquid refill container

A liquid storage container includes: a discharge port member including a discharge port through which liquid stored in a storage portion is discharged and a coupling portion in which a male thread portion is arranged on the outside; and a cover portion including a female thread portion on the inside and configured to be attachable to the discharge port member, the female thread portion configured to be screwed to the male thread portion, in which the male thread portion is discontinuous in the coupling portion.

Liquid storage container

A liquid storage container includes: a discharge port member including a discharge port through which liquid stored in a storage portion is discharged; a cover portion configured to be attachable to the discharge port member and to be capable of opening and closing the discharge port; and a sealing portion formed of a contact portion between the cover portion and the discharge port member. The cover portion includes a groove structure between an outer periphery of the cover portion and the sealing portion.

A member mountable to a mounting portion provided with an ink receiving tube and a plurality of electrical connecting portions, the member includes a first portion including an outwardly facing surface and provided with an inserting portion into which the ink receiving tube is capable of being inserted; a second portion opposite from the first portion; and a third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion with each other and provided with a plurality of pad electrodes electrically connectable with the electrical connecting portions. The member is mountable to the mounting portion by being inserted into the mounting portion in an inserting direction with the first portion at a leading side. The pad electrodes are electrically connectable with the electrical connecting portions by being moved in a direction different from the inserting direction.

Member including pad electrode, ink cartridge, recording apparatus

A member includes a plurality of pad electrodes and a casing, wherein the plurality of pad electrodes are mounted on the casing and are rotatable relative to the casing on the casing.

Member including pad electrode, ink cartridge and recording apparatus

A liquid storage container includes: a discharge port member including a discharge port through which liquid stored in a storage portion is discharged; a cover portion configured to be attachable to and detachable from the discharge port member and to be capable of opening and closing the discharge port; a liquid stop valve provided inside the discharge port member; and a protrusion provided inside the cover portion and configured to open the liquid stop valve in closing the cover portion. In the liquid storage container, the storage portion is sealable by at least one of a first sealing portion formed of a contact portion between the cover portion and the discharge port member and a second sealing portion formed of the liquid stop valve, and the first sealing portion and the second sealing portion are configured to be simultaneously unsealed.

An ink cartridge adapter or ink cartridge includes a casing; and a plurality of pad electrodes mounted on the casing so as to be movable in a direction outwardly away from a side surface of the casing.

Ink cartridge adaptor, ink cartridge and recording apparatus

A blow bottle includes an outer layer and an inner layer, wherein the inner layer has blackness higher than that of the outer layer, and wherein the outer layer has an L* value of 20 or more and 90 or less in an International Commission on Illumination (CIE) L*a*b* color system.

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Kodaira, Japan

Kyosuke Nagaoka