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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2023
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Hideki Hayashi, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A pouch is configured to accommodate one of ink, nozzle cleaning liquid or preserving liquid and is configured to be foldable from an expanded state in which the pouch has a thickness in a first direction to a shrunk state in which the pouch has a planar shape. The pouch includes: a body portion provided with a first edge and a second edge in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a gusset formed at an end portion of the body portion in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction; and a spout inserting portion formed at one end edge of the gusset in the first direction. The spout inserting portion is formed at a position shifted to the first edge with respect to a center between the first edge and the second edge in the second direction.