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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Daiju Takeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuri Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Saeki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Matsumura, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromasa Tsutsumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shota Asada, Tokyo, JP;
Koki Shimada, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Takenaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Mineyoshi Tomie, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid container and an operating member. The liquid container is configured to introduce liquid from a liquid introducing portion to an inside. The operating member is configured to rotate around a rotation shaft in a first direction from a first position for covering the liquid introducing portion to move to a second position for exposing the liquid introducing portion, and rotate in a second direction opposite to the first direction from the second position to move to the first position. The operating member includes a plug member and a covering portion. The plug member is retained to the operating member by a retaining member and configured to plug the liquid introducing portion at the first position. The covering portion is configured to cover the plug member in a direction intersecting with the first direction.