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Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2022
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshinori Osakabe, Seto, JP;

Masako Kawagoe, Nagoya, JP;

Taichi Shirono, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17513 (2013.01); B41J 2/17553 (2013.01);
Abstract

An inkjet printer includes a printer body and an ink container provided in the printer body. The ink container includes an ink containing portion, a frame portion and a cover portion. A top portion of the ink containing portion includes a port. The cover portion is pivotally connected to the frame portion and pivotable between an opened position, in which the port is exposed, and a closed position, in which the cover portion covers the port, with respect to the frame portion. The cover portion includes a sealing member provided corresponding to the port on an opposing surface of the cover portion. When the cover portion is in the closed position, the sealing member seals the port, and when the cover portion is in the opened position, the sealing member is separated from the port.


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