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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2019
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shoma Kudo, Shiojiri, JP;
Hideki Okumura, Shiojiri, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a liquid tank that can reduce the remaining amount of liquid even if a use state of the liquid tank is in an inclined state. The liquid tank includes an external wall, a liquid discharge port, and a first protruding portion and a second protruding portion that are provided inside the liquid tank and respectively protrude from a third side wall. The height of the second protruding portion from a bottom wall in a use state is higher than the height of the first protruding portion from the bottom wall. The first protruding portion has, at an upper portion thereof, a first inclined portion that is inclined to the upper part in the first direction, and the second protruding portion has, at an upper portion thereof, a second inclined portion that is inclined to the upper part in the second direction.