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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tadahiro Mizutani, Shiojiri, JP;
Yoshihiro Koizumi, Shiojiri, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an ink replenishment container for replenishing an ink by engaging with an engaging portion included in a printer. The ink replenishment container includes a cylindrical ink outlet, a wall disposed around the ink outlet outside the ink outlet in a radial direction around a central axis of the ink outlet and extending in an axial direction along the central axis, and a recess-and-projection portion disposed in at least one location of an outer peripheral surface of the ink outlet, an inner peripheral surface of the wall, and a space between the outer peripheral surface of the ink outlet and the inner peripheral surface of the wall, the recess-and-projection portion engaging with the engaging portion of the printer, in a state where the printer is replenished with the ink.