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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuo Nanjo, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuji Tamaru, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid collecting device to collect liquid stored in a storage portion of a liquid container includes a bottle main body, a collecting joint portion, and a first valve element. A flow passage member of the liquid container ports the liquid to the storage portion. The bottle main body has first and second openings in communication with outside the liquid collecting device. The collecting joint portion connects to the bottle main body through the first opening and includes a first coupling portion coupled to the flow passage member, and an internal flow passage extending between the first opening and the first coupling portion. The internal flow passage includes a throttle portion and a space. The first valve element is moveably provided in the space and the first valve element has an area larger than an opening area of the first opening and an opening area of the throttle portion.