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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2022
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Satoru Oki, Nagoya, JP;
Masahiro Hayashi, Nishio, JP;
Nanami Abe, Niigata, JP;
Naoya Okazaki, Hashima, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A liquid cartridge includes: a cartridge case defining a liquid storage chamber; a liquid supply portion provided at the cartridge case; a residual-amount detecting portion configured to change a state of incident light according to an amount of liquid stored in the liquid storage chamber; and a plate member. The residual-amount detecting portion includes an optical access portion accessible by light traveling in a left-right direction in an attached posture of the liquid cartridge. The plate member is positioned above the liquid storage chamber and frontward of the optical access portion in the attached posture. The plate member is pivotable between a first position and a second position about an axis extending in an up-down direction. In the attached posture of the liquid cartridge, the plate member extends in a front-rear direction at the first position, and extends in a direction crossing the front-rear direction at the second position.