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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takeho Miyashita, Yokohama, JP;
Ryo Shimamura, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Shiba, Machida, JP;
Kazuya Yoshii, Yokohama, JP;
Norihiro Ikebe, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoki Yamamuro, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Arai, Yokohama, JP;
Masatoshi Ohira, Fujisawa, JP;
Tatsuaki Orihara, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Okuhara, Tokyo, JP;
Kazumasa Matsushita, Kawasaki, JP;
Misato Furuya, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid supplying mechanism includes: a tank including a liquid storage section configured to store a liquid, and a liquid injection port configured to inject the liquid into the liquid storage section; and a bottle configured to replenish the liquid into the tank. The bottle includes: a bottle section configured to store the liquid; and a protruding section, which protrudes from the bottle section, and is insertable into the liquid injection port so as to inject, into the liquid storage section, the liquid stored in the bottle section. The liquid injection port includes: a protruding section insertion portion into which the protruding section of the bottle is insertable; and a protruding section fixing portion, which is engageable with the protruding section of the bottle, to thereby be capable of fixing the bottle to the tank.