Seiko Epson Corporation

Masanari Tanaka

Satoshi Nakata

Katsumi Yamada

Tatsuya Ito

Matsutaro Naito

Masahito Tatsumi

A liquid container is configured to be refilled with a liquid from outside, the liquid container including a containing portion that contains the liquid, an inlet that is in communication with the containing portion and through which the liquid is poured, a lid portion that has an insertion portion to be inserted into the inlet and is configured to turn around a turning axis between a closed state in which the inlet is closed by inserting the insertion portion into the inlet and an open state in which the insertion portion is separated from the inlet, and a cover portion that covers the insertion portion in the open state, in which, when the lid portion is in the open state, the insertion portion does not project further than the cover portion when viewed in an axial direction of the turning axis.

Liquid container and recording device

A recording apparatus includes: a recording portion that performs recording by ejecting a liquid onto a medium; a liquid accommodation portion that accommodates the liquid to be ejected by the recording portion; and a housing that includes an accommodation portion exterior that accommodates the liquid accommodation portion, wherein the liquid accommodation portion includes a viewing region configured that the liquid accommodated is viewed, the accommodation portion exterior of the housing includes a viewing portion that faces the viewing region and is configured that the liquid is viewed, and a lighting portion that takes in light from outside the housing, and an optical path through which the light taken in passes is provided between the liquid accommodation portion and the accommodation portion exterior.

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Shiojiri, Japan

Masanari Tanaka