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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2003
Hajime Yamamoto, Fuchu, JP;
Eiichiro Shimizu, Hong-Kong, HK;
Shinichi Miyauchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshihiko Sugimura, Fukushima, JP;
Hajime Yamamoto, Fuchu, JP;
Eiichiro Shimizu, Hong-Kong, HK;
Shinichi Miyauchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshihiko Sugimura, Fukushima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid container having a generally flat rectangular parallelepiped shape includes opposite major sides; an elongated bottom side connecting the opposite major sides; a port, formed adjacent a longitudinal end portion of the bottom side, for fluid communication between an inside and an outside of the liquid container, the port being eleongated in a longitudinal direction of the bottom side and having a width which is larger adjacent a longitudinally central portion of the bottom side than adjacent the longitudinal end portion.