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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Mari Nakamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Naozumi Nabeshima, Tokyo, JP;
Shoki Wakatsuki, Tokyo, JP;
Taketsugu Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsunori Oya, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Shiba, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided are an ink container in which blockage of a flow path in an ink storage portion is suppressed and a recording apparatus using the ink container. The ink container includes an ink storage portion that has flexibility and that is configured to store ink in an interior thereof and an ink supply portion that is configured to supply the ink stored in the ink storage portion to outside. A ridge portion is provided at a certain position on a surface of the ink storage portion in such a manner as to cross an imaginary line obtained by extending a central axis of the ink supply portion.