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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2025
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Naoto Miyakoshi, Osaka, JP;
Ryo Matsuyama, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A flow path connection mechanism includes a first coupling member, a second coupling member, and a connection member. The connection member is mounted to the second coupling member. The first coupling member is inserted into the connection member, and the connection member is rotated in one direction, so that a connecting protrusion reaches such a position as to be engageable with a connecting hole, and thus a connected state is brought about. The connecting hole includes a wide region and a narrow region. In the connected state, the connecting protrusion engages with the wide region. When the connection member is rotated in the other direction from the connected state, the connecting protrusion enters a radial inner side of an outer periphery of the narrow region.