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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Nagashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Fujikake, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryohei Maruyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromasa Yoneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Daigo Kuronuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideyuki Nozawa, Tochigi, JP;
Tomoyuki Nagase, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuto Nitami, Kanagawa, JP;
Kichinosuke Hirokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kenta Iimura, Tokyo, JP;
Naoaki Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid supply apparatus includes a holding member configured to detachably hold a tray, on which a flexible container provided with a supply port for supplying a liquid to a printhead, is placed, a press member configured to press the container attached to the liquid supply apparatus, a movable member configured to move the press member to a first position where the press member presses the container and a second position where a press amount of the press member for the container is less than at the first position, a first spring having one end locked on the press member and the other end locked on the holding member, and a second spring having one end locked on the press member and the other end locked on the movable member.