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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2023
Applicant:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Satoru Oki, Nagoya, JP;
Masahiro Hayashi, Anjo, JP;
Naoya Okazaki, Hashima, JP;
Yuma Tanabe, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17553 (2013.01); B41J 2/1752 (2013.01); B41J 2/17523 (2013.01); B41J 2/17526 (2013.01); B41J 2/1753 (2013.01); B41J 2/17596 (2013.01); B41J 2/1754 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ink container includes a main body, a lower surface, and a guide wall. The main body includes a chamber configured to store ink. The main body has first and second sidewalls spaced apart from one another to define a first width. The supply port faces frontward in an attachment direction of the ink container and is configured to supply ink from the chamber. The lower surface is positioned above the supply port in an up-down direction, and forward of the supply port in the attachment direction of the ink container.