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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2018
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A tank installed in a liquid consuming apparatus includes: a first wall forming a first end of a storage chamber storing a liquid and allowing a user to visually confirm the liquid stored in the storage chamber; a second wall forming a second end of the storage chamber facing the first end of the storage chamber in a first direction; a third wall connected to an upper end of the first wall and having an inlet through which the liquid is supplied to the storage chamber; and an inner wall extending from at least one of inner surfaces of the first and third walls and extending in a direction having a component of an up-down direction. Each of the inner surfaces of the first and third walls includes an offset area different from the inlet in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and the up-down direction.