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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2020
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Masanobu Maeshima, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a connection mechanism for a liquid flow path, in a case of connecting a container to an apparatus main body, a slide portion causes a first open/close valve to move to establish communication of the liquid flow path, and a first main body portion causes the slide portion to move to disconnect an air flow path from the liquid flow path. In the connection mechanism for the liquid flow path, in a case of disconnecting the container from the apparatus main body, a second biasing member biases the slide portion to connect the air flow path to the liquid flow path, and the first main body portion is separated from the slide portion, so that a first biasing member biases the first open/close valve to close a part of the liquid flow path included in the first main body portion.